On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:15:48 -0000 (GMT), michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've looked about for how to print from this Debian box to a printer (HP > LaserJet-2100) hanging off a Windows (Win2000 I do believe) box for which > I have no admin rights. I found that ''samba'' seems the way to go. The > Samba web pages (http://kr.samba.org) seem to imply that the server (the > Win2K box) has to have Samba installed too - is this correct? And how > (in)secure is Samba? Is there a better way?
How insecure => as insecure as you want to be. Don't run samba on a public IP (or any windows-based network for one thing). You need the samba server installed on your server hosting the printer IF you don't have windows there. If there's windows on that server already there's no point in installing samba there :D On the other hand, you'd need the samba client on your workstation for it to see your windows based printer. Of course, a better way would be to use native IPP (ala CUPS). I'm not sure though if MS still bundles a broken IPP implementation though. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
