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guys, i'm totally newb in linux.my boss wants me to try this out so we can reduce the total license... Okay, i'm using mandriva 2006. and I've set it up including networks, samba [so that the linux client can browse to windows share folders], etc etc. But i realize that our client / users must be able to print. I attach my printer [hp Laserjet 1320] on a windows workstation [ip 192.168.9.xx] and share it. I install cups and went to firefox, i typed: http://localhost:631. the cups page showed and i click add printer, choose windows network, on the address, i typed: smb://192.168.9.xx/hpLJ1320 -> my share name printer. Shortly, I sent a test page to the printer, but there's no reaction at all.. Can anybody help me here? Thanks...

guys, i want to ask few things about this, actually... how do i know what kind of that application. I mean, sometimes, I installed few softwares, and it shows up in the menu, sometimes, it doesnt... when it doesn't show up, i begin to confuse.. where to execute it... i've tried typing "drakmenu", but nothing happened... Also, can i add a network shared printer? I'm using Mandriva 2006... thanks

@IanW: thanks.. so, I just have to add on the Access List and Http access is the flag to switch it on or off? But when I saw the access list, it's just a few lines of it. Can i add it? Oh. I see, I can add it on the .conf files instead of webmin? Also, what should I do about the POP3 port? What should I use? @michael: Is that a different software? I read it about IPCop. It seems un-understandable :) but I'm downloading the ISO, it's 41 MB... wow... is that easy to use? do you currently use it, michael?

:) Thanks.. I finally use webmin and there i got options to start Squid. I got it worked now, I guess... Now, I want to ask a few questions afterall, may I? :P I don't understand at all on Squid Proxy Server menu in Webmin. What I need from Squid is: - I can filter user. So that not all user can browse Internet. I filtered them based on their IP on Gate keeper. - I can manage my POP3 and SMTP ports. Because every mail client on my office is going through the Gateway (Gatekeeper, using Wingate), so I have to add ports for several ISP, eg: 111 for ISP-1, where I set the pop3 to pop3.aaa.com, port 113 for ISP-2, where I set the pop3 to pop.bbb.com - I can set up a ban list for users. so, our users here can't browse to a porn-site (I banned them using string: "porn", or "sex" and etc) Can i even set those up on Squid? I've tried to look everywhere on menus for 1-2 hours and I'm getting confused :) Please help if somebody know how to set up those. thanks

Guys.. I'm having troubles [again] about Squid. sorry. I uninstalled the package originally from Mandriva (ver. 2.5 stable or something like that). I downloaded another version from internet (ver. 2.4 stable, tar.gz files) I installed it, the folder will be /usr/local/squid, right? I've configured it using the one from Visolve.com, but nothing happened. It got worse, because when I typed "squid" in terminal, it said: "bash: squid: command not found" I looked in my Configure my Computer -> Remove Software, there's no Squid listed... Help... Thanks

Thanks ianw and ddmcse, I've started squid service, and I went to Configure my computer and under network tab, there's nothing related to Squid. I changed my visible_hostname to 127.0.0.1 how do I run squid? Everytime I type "squid" in my terminal, it said that squid's already running. Thanks Nice to meet you guys :)

Guys, I am a newbie here and a totally newbie in Linux World, so I need help with my new-built Proxy Server. I used Windows XP for my previous proxy server and I used WinGate for my proxy filtering user, and to create mail-port dividing. What software should I use for Linux? (I use Mandriva 2006) I tried Squid, but it couldn't run and it shows nothing but error (something about visible hostname, which i added on squid.conf), started the service, call the program, squid. nothing happened. Another one that concern me is I used Symantec Corporate Edition on my Win XP server. That's a good software I think. I only need to update my virus definition on my server, and my clients automatically updated in a period of time. I also can manage user groups and schedule the weekly scan on my clients. So, do you guys have recommendation(s) for softwares like mentioned above? If you do, please share it. Thanks.