add client printer with samba
 

Hi there I have 2 pcs in my house.
A)This pc has linux installed with samba
B)This pc has windows98 installed with a hewlet packard printer

I want to share the client s (Computer B) using samba ..how can i do that?

1) Share the printer in Windows
2) Configure the printer on Linux

How you do 2 depends on your distro and gui if you use one.

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I am using the swat.
I am trying to configure the printer but i cannot......

Swat is only used to configure the samba server.

Have you shared the printer on Windows?
What distro are you using?
Are you using a gui?

xmm...
 

Yep the printer is already shared in w98.
What a distro is?
Suse 8.1

Load the YAST printer config tool. Followt the onscreen instructions - add the printer as an smb printer then specify the host/printer name and the credentials you want to connect with.

aaaaaaaa
 

From Yast i choose SMB Printing
Host name of the printer server, here i write the ip of w98 machine
then i enter the printer name
and i press the test remote smb access
and i take the following message
session request to SMBSERVER failed

Are your machines networked OK? Can you see file shares from windows on linux?

Yep yep
 

and i can do everything with them

That's odd.

Did you specify it as:
//ipaddress/
or just
ipaddress

xm...
 

Like
//Perasma
(perasma is computer name)
I also tried this
ipaddress

The fields should be as follows (no slashes etc):
1) The ip address
2) The name of the share
3) The username
4) The password

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In windows 98 i dont have any password and username so what i must write in the fields?

Use what do you use when you login to the machine at the "Client for Microsoft Networks" prompt.

xmmm
 

192.168.44.52
HP
Perasma (username)
blank (this is the password)

Still does not work