attach XP computer to network.

[Michael Havens]

there is no password on the XP.... well, its never asked for it at least!

On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 2:56 PM, John <jharitos at yahoo.com> wrote:

> When I was using XP, I would make my samba username and password match the
> XP login credentials so it would allow me to print. Doing this made life
> easier. I think you can setup guest printing but I never tried that.
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> *From:* Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>
> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 4, 2012 2:38 PM
> *Subject:* Re: attach XP computer to network.
>
> Hi Mike!
>
> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Okay.... I got it so that both of my Linux computers are printing but my
> brothers Windows box will not behave. I had it printing then I decided to
> change the name of the user. Unfortunately I can't change it back (don't
> remember what it was) so I need to modify the network to reflect the new
> user name. I need the great brain trust of the Phoenix User's Group.
> Hmmmm..... I just thought of something; I can still browse into the XP with
> nautilus so I know it isn't the network so it must be samba... hmmm/. I
> thougt the smb.conf file might have something in it to fix this but I stand
> corrected. Can someone help me out?
>
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> # sudo useradd $name
> # sudo smbpasswd -a $name
> # sudo service smb restart
>
> You might also want to verify your configuration (we are using a share
> called accounts below):
>
> Open /etc/samba/smb.conf file and add/modify share called [accounts]:
>
> [accounts]
> comment = Accounts data directory
> path = /data/accounts
> valid users = vivek raj joe
> public = no
> writable = yes
>
> If you edit anything, BE SURE TO SAVE ORIGINAL TO BACKUP FIRST, and of
> course reload the service with 'sudo service smb restart' after.
>
> And of course if any of these steps fails, please read and apply this link:
>
> Reference:
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/adding-a-user-to-a-samba-smb-share/
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