attach XP computer to network fror printing

[Michael Havens]

I enabled the guest account because it was suggested I do so but doing so
didn't help so I disabled it right away.

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Bryan O'Neal <
Bryan.ONeal at theonealandassociates.com> wrote:

> What was the original question? XP not taking to smb?
> And why would you ever enable a windows guest account?
>
> On 3/10/12, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Okay.... you want me to tail samba's log. I stated I didn't know which
> file
> > to tail..... but then I just realized you wanted me to tail samba's log
> and
> > I know how to find that! but I don't know which log to tail. (the
> complete
> > list of logs is at the end of this) I am going to give you the tail of
> the
> > logs for the two that I think it might be:
> >
> >      /var/log/samba/log.192.168.0.2 <-this just return through
> >      /var/log/samba/log.sonydesktop
> >
> > those are the ip of the xp and the machine name of the XP. Let me know if
> > I'm wrong.
> >
> > bmike1 at Michaels-PC:~$ tail /var/log/samba/log.sonydesktop
> >   getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected
> >   write_data: write failure in writing to client 0.0.0.0. Error
> Connection
> > reset by peer
> > [2012/02/25 08:38:26.260843,  0] smbd/process.c:79(srv_send_smb)
> >   Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Transport endpoint is not
> connected)
> > [2012/02/28 14:45:50.288046,  0] lib/util_sock.c:680(write_data)
> > [2012/02/28 14:45:50.346247,  0]
> > lib/util_sock.c:1441(get_peer_addr_internal)
> >   getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected
> >   write_data: write failure in writing to client 0.0.0.0. Error
> Connection
> > reset by peer
> > [2012/02/28 14:45:50.346502,  0] smbd/process.c:79(srv_send_smb)
> >   Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Transport endpoint is not
> connected)
> > bmike1 at Michaels-PC:~$
> >
> > ====logs====
> > /var/log/samba/log.0.0.0.0
> > /var/log/samba/log.127.0.0.1
> > /var/log/samba/log.192.168.0.2
> > /var/log/samba/log.192.168.0.3
> > /var/log/samba/log.192.168.0.4
> > /var/log/samba/log.__ffff_127.0.0.1
> > /var/log/samba/log.__ffff_192.168.0.2
> > /var/log/samba/log.__ffff_192.168.0.3
> > /var/log/samba/log.__ffff_192.168.0.4
> > /var/log/samba/log.__ffff_192.168.0.6
> > /var/log/samba/log.bt
> > /var/log/samba/log.c7250
> > /var/log/samba/log.michaels-laptop
> > /var/log/samba/log.michaels-pc
> > /var/log/samba/log.nmbd
> > /var/log/samba/log.nmbd.1.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.nmbd.2.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.nmbd.3.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.nmbd.4.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.nmbd.5.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.nmbd.6.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.nmbd.7.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.samba
> > /var/log/samba/log.smbd
> > /var/log/samba/log.smbd.1.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.smbd.2.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.smbd.3.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.smbd.4.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.smbd.5.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.smbd.6.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.smbd.7.gz
> > /var/log/samba/log.sonydesktop
> > /var/log/samba/log.toshiba-user
> > bmike1 at Michaels-PC:~$
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> okay.... I enabled the guest account but that didn't improve the
> situation
> >> any. I checked localhost:631 and the printer is listed. (weird thing,
> from
> >> the laptop it is listed as a different model. It works so I don't really
> >> care)
> >>
> >> ====
> >> 1) As you initially asked, your XP account name was changed.  Please
> refer
> >> to the enabling of the guest account HowTo in:
> >> http://unixwiz.net/techtips/samba-xp-printing.html  NOTE: I am assuming
> >> that these machines are protected inside your network, since it's
> usually
> >> a
> >> BAD IDEA to enable the guest account otherwise.  Verify your WORKGROUP
> and
> >> NetBIOS name in XP.
> >>
> >> Please, then, attempt to connect from XP and tail the log and see what
> >> Samba is whining about?
> >>
> >> ====
> >>  Not sure of the logs name. Can you help me out? I also don't know about
> >> the net
> >> --
> >> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> >>
> >
>
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