Slagathor Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Or, any assistance for that matter......heh I am trying to get a folder on my PC for my Dad so he can upload stuff for me to burn to cd. Anywase, I have Samba installed, I can see if from the XPee box's but I cant get in, which I figured was normal, but, I try to do the smbpasswd -a dad I get this error. [root@localhost slagathor]# smbpasswd -a dad New SMB password: Retype new SMB password: Failed to initialise SAM_ACCOUNT for user dad. Does this user exist in the UNIX password database ? Failed to modify password entry for user dad So then I try the smbuseradd and I get command not found...... Any suggestions.??!??!?!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 (edited) You have to add the user dad to your system su> useradd or adduser. Can't remember for sure. Then when thats down do the smbpasswd -a dad Or you could just 'smbpasswd -a <your user name> and then just move it to your /home folder instead of adding your dad just for that. Edited April 9, 2005 by FX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slagathor Posted April 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Well that didnt work, also, I could browse the windows shares, but couldnt see the printer. I did this: smbclient -L kids -N and sure enough the printer showed up there, but thats the only place. I am reinstalling, maybe that will help......heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slagathor Posted April 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Can someone please explain why nothing will see the printer, which is hooked to the kids XPee machine, except for this: [slagathor@localhost slagathor]$ smbclient -L kids -N Domain=[KIDS] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- IPC$ IPC Remote IPC D$ Disk Default share print$ Disk Printer Drivers D Disk ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin BOINC Disk C$ Disk Default share Printer Printer HP DeskJet 882C (Copy 1) Domain=[KIDS] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] Server Comment --------- ------- Workgroup Master --------- ------- I really want to use it on here, and hooking it direct to Linux box is not an option...:( I can browse the files on the pc, change files on the pc, but cant get to the printer...... (Sorry if I sounded rude in last post, I appologise if offended anyone) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polemicz Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 Is your user name, or a user name on the system, the same as your computer name? Looks like both may be slagathor. That's a problem for Windows. I'm also assuming that the printer is shared in Windows and that you set it up in Linux, using MCC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slagathor Posted April 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 Yes, the printer "was" shared on the windows Machine. Last night I got rather PO'd, and temporarly moved it to the Linux machine, took all of 5 minutes and had it shared on the network, and installed on the Windows machines. Might move it back, once I get the shares set up for my Dad and my Kids. (It almost sound like I am living with my parents and have a family of my own, well, I kind of do. I purchased a upper and lower duplex, and my parents live downstairs. Just thought I would clarify....:D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 To configure a windows network printer on a linux machine it is often best just to configure cups (the print server) directly. Point your webbrowser at localhost:631 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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