michael([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > 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. > > Answering Paola's & Christian's emails together: > > Clarification: I sit at a Debian box & the printer is on a Windows box. > > 1) are you saying "dump samba and use only CUPS" (or saying that CUPS > requires Samba?) > > 2) when I try and connect from my Linux box to the Windows machine using > 'smbclient -L' I get a ''connection refused'' error > > 3) I can access the printer on the Windows box from my WinXP - so I > presume that means it is shared?
Getting in this late but... I have a connection from Debian to a printer in my wife's WinMe box. I use CUPS with the 'Device" as "Windows Printer via SAMBA" and is works great and was a cinch to setup. I have a home network, using Samba, and also a firewall, to protect it from the outside. I've never had a problem with this setup. :-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-) Wayne -- Keyboard not connected, press to continue. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
