Mike Burrows wrote:
> Hello Folks.
>
> I have a doze box hosting a shared brother usb printer on a network.
> The same box accesses directories on my Sarge Box via samba (of course
> :-) . I have installed the printer using the web interface for CUPS
> (having installed the brother driver which has already been written!)
> But can't print a test page.
>
> Can Linux clients "see" a usb printer on a doze host via samba?
>
> TIA
> Mike
>
Yes it can as long as it is being "shared" by windoze. On Linux use
smbclient -L <windozeip> and just press enter when prompted for a
passwd. This will give you the shares that are public.
Samba /etc/samba/smb.conf usually has the entry by default :-
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
browseable = Yes
If still having trouble, you could try another windoze box to make sure
it can see the printer.
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO-8.html
The linux firewall may need extra entries for samba as I had trouble
using firestarter iptables GUI. It put entries for INPUT, but I had to
duplicate them for INBOUND before I could talk to the evil one from
Redmond's beast.
-A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 137:139 -j
ACCEPT
-A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 -p udp -m udp --dport 137:139 -j
ACCEPT
-A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 445 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 -p udp -m udp --dport 445 -j ACCEPT
-A INBOUND -s 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 137:139 -j
ACCEPT
-A INBOUND -s 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 -p udp -m udp --dport 137:139 -j
ACCEPT
-A INBOUND -s 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 445 -j ACCEPT
-A INBOUND -s 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 -p udp -m udp --dport 445 -j ACCEPT
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