If you need to provide a username and/or password to CUPS, or any
networked utility for that matter, try using this formula:
[protocol]://[username][:[password]]@[host]/[service]
So, for your use, try:
smb://Guest@Sparky/6200
Or something similar in your CUPS config.
- -David
Vaughn Treude wrote:
> Hello everyone:
> I'm having a bit of trouble figuring this one out, so I'd appreciate a
> little assistance. I have an HP 6200 printer which is hosted by a
> Windows 2000 box named "Sparky" (named after one of my dogs, not because
> of any hardware problems. :-) ) Previously the 6200 was hosted by a
> Windows 98 box. On my CentOS box, I configured the 6200 as a network
> printer in CUPS, and I had no problem printing to it. But the Windows
> 98 box seemed to crash every 4 hours or so, so I've moved it to Sparky,
> which is quite stable. The trouble is, Win2K wants a username and
> password in order to allow someone to print, and I can't seem to disable
> this feature. From my wife's XP machine, I can print, providing I first
> use File Explorer to log in to Sparky over the network.
>
> Now the CentOS box SEES Sparky and thinks it's printing to it, but
> nothing ever gets into the 6200's queue. I assume this is because the
> CentOS box doesn't have permission, even though I've gone into Win2K
> admin and given access to Everyone and Guest. I think it at least wants
> CentOS to go through the motions and log in as SOMETHING. How can I
> configure CUPS to make it do that? BTW, I'm not moving the 6200 to
> Linux anytime in the near future because (a) It already works with my
> Windows machine (b) Some of the 6200's features are not available under
> Linuxa, and (c) I need the Win 2K box anyway for other reasons.
>
> I've googled around for this (oh no! I said "googled"! call the
> lawyers! :-) ) and I can only find solutions for getting Windows to
> recognized Linux-hosted Samba share printers, not the other way around.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Vaughn
>
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