You know, I said that I think we found the problem. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean I know how to fix it. Can you let me know that? On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > I think we just found the problem! > y, that doesn't mean I kn ow how to fi > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > > hmmmmm I was going to try it both ways but when I type in 'sudo > > service smb restart' the response is 'unrecognized service'. I then > > checked to make sure samba was started (sudo service smb start) but > > got the same response. Then I made sure it was installed (apt-get > > install) but it is at the newest version. What gives? > > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Michael Havens > wrote: > >> > >> type in 'smb ports=139 445'? or w/o the 'smb'? > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:07 AM, James Mcphee > wrote: > >>> > >>> Add smb ports=139 445 to your smb.conf. > >>> > >>> On Mon Mar 12, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Michael Havens > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I'll make the backup but what do I add? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:33 AM, James Mcphee > wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> You would add it to the [global] section of the smb.conf. It's a > hairy config to edit, so be sure to run testparm on it to make sure it > works before restarting. And make backups! > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Michael Havens > wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> This must be text I have to add because I don't see anywhere in > smb.conf that I can add the ports. Sorry but I need to know what to type in. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:53 PM, James Mcphee > wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Add smb ports=139 445 to your smb.conf. It "might" work :) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Michael Havens > wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> okay james..... I am figuing that this is done at.... I've been > looking for how to this for A while now. How do you do it? There it is. I > found a GUI app that did it called 'firestarter'. Unfortunately opening the > ports didn't help the situation any. ports 137-139 and 445 are now open. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 6:50 PM, James Mcphee > wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> The error pasted is about name services, not printing. XP being > XP, have you tried setting the samba box up for port 139 instead of 445? > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Michael Havens < > bmike1@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> it isn't fixed. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Lisa Kachold < > lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> Glad the Plug could fix it! > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> On 6 Mar 2012 18:51, "Michael Havens" > 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? 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