samba, slackware and winXP

mAineAc · 03-01-2002, 08:43 PM

I am using slackware 8.0 with samba 2.0.6 I had it working as far as file sharing and I couldn't get it to work with print sharing. I would like to figure out the print sharing problem but first and foremost I have a logging in problem since I upgraded samba to a newer version. I can view the windows shares from linux without any problems but I can not log onto the linux from winxp even though the smb.conf is the same. Is there something in the registry I have ot chisel out to get samba to work with it again? I am getting really tired of messing around with this. I am tempted to just reinstall winXP but my wife would probably get pretty upset with me. I appreciate any input.

iamnotherbert · 03-01-2002, 11:22 PM

You have to share the printer in the smb.conf file. If you look at the stock one that came with smb you can see a commented out section where you set this up. I have been using XP with the printer and CUPS successfully. Hope it helps..

-D

mAineAc · 03-02-2002, 08:59 AM

I have already shared the printer. It is telling me that there is no drivers available when I try to set it up with winXP even though I keep pointing it at the correct driver. That isn't my biggest problem though. I can not log back into my linux shares. I need to find out what is blocking this. I have the same smb.conf and I had reverted back to the version of samba before I upgraded. It will not let me log in any more.

thanks for the help,

mAineAc

weblion · 03-02-2002, 02:39 PM

Buy the SAMBA book

Have you made sure the correct networking drivers are installed in WinXP?

mAineAc · 03-02-2002, 11:34 PM

my problem is not with samba. It is with XP I don'ty need another book I need to know how to get XP to cooperate it worked great until I upgraded now I can't even go back to the same version that was working. It is pretty much useless coming here for information if I am just going to be told to read a book.

mAineAc

Tekime · 03-02-2002, 11:58 PM

If the problem did not start until you upgraded Samba, I would tend to think that was the culprit. I understand you reverted to the previous ver. of Samba and used the same smb.conf file, but unless you changed something within XP I would probably focus on Samba as the problem. Unless of course I'm missing something here.

I only recently set up Samba for the first time myself, but I know that the touchiest problem I ran into was getting Windows to authenticate okay with Samba.

Anyway, there's my .02, good luck

BTW, I'm in Maine too woohoo!! (Some winter huh? I mean.. what winter??)