attach XP computer to network fror printing

[Michael Havens]

Yes, that is correct. Samba isn't talking to the XP. The Samba log says
"Transport endpoint is not connected" whatever that means.
I enabled the guest account because it was suggested I do so but enabling
it 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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