[Sussex] Samba - I don't quite follow.

[Paul Turner]

John D. wrote:

> I'm trying to work out how to configure SAMBA so that Clare can just 
> plug her laptop in and print (and maybe file share, though probably 
> not as the NTFS support AFAIK isn't fully up to speed with "write" 
> ability).
>
> Having read through the gentoo samba HOWTO (which also covers CUPS and 
> ClamAV), I'm just trying to get my head round things before I go for it.
>
> As I've already got some (well probably all) of the various packages 
> emerged, should I unmerge them and re emerge them with the USE flags 
> suggested in the HOWTO? or just check which USE flags I've already 
> used and then add any extra ones they suggest and then run genkernel 
> again (erm is thats what's meant by re-building the kernel as I don't 
> normally use the "makemenuconfig" facility as I don't know enough 
> about the hardware in an in depth way to do that)?:
>
> Also the HOWTO says
>
> *quote:
>
> *First of all: be sure that all your hostnames resolve correctly. 
> Either have a working domain name system running on your network or 
> appropriate entries in your /etc/hosts file. cupsaddsmb often borks if 
> hostnames don't point to the correct machines.
>
> */quote*
>
> Is this something different or is it refering to the "domain name" 
> stuff that I had to enter when I was installing the gentoo?
>
> Then there's the question of understanding the terminology. If the 
> SAMBA is actually installed in the main machine, what am I setting up, 
> a windows client (Clares laptop) or a *nix client so my login can talk 
> to SAMBA and get access to the printer(s) or both?
>
> regards
>
> John D.


I've done a similar set up at home (although not with Gentoo).  You 
don't SAMBA to get the printing working, just CUPS.  I  had to install 
the gimp print postsript drivers which allowed me to use the drivers 
from linux printing, but I set up a "RAW" driver for windows printing, 
which uses the normal windows print driver.  SAMBS printing just gives 
you a nice browsable list of network printers which is nice, but I 
haven't set it up yet.

I can't remember more details I'm afraid.  I'll try and have a look at 
my setup tonight.  You should find some stuff on the web.

Regards Paul.

*/Paul Turner/*
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*Rentokil Initial* Corporate IT

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