On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 12:32, David Bendit wrote:
> > 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
>
David,
Thanks, that worked!
Vaughn
> 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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