SAMBA and Windows

[Carlos Barros]

Well, I really dont know how windows can print using ipp protocol..
maybe some soft???

On 1/24/07, Howard Coles Jr. <dhcolesj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 24 January 2007 05:44, Carlos Barros wrote:
> > Hi list!
> > I've spent last night trying to share a printer with my Windows XP, and
> > gave up. Well, the problem is: Windows ALWAYS ask for a password,
> > even to list the shares! And the worst, I had to manually sudo smbpasswd
> > user
> > to set a password (is there a GUI way????). Ok, here is my doubt:
> > Is it possible to make Windows access a share (and list available ones)
> > without a password?? I know Linux does this, but all you know, windows
> > is kinda stupid :)
>
> Will Windows not print through CUPS directly?  I'm sure you know the
> ipp://hostname.or.ip:631/printers/printerqueue format, and you shouldn't
> have
> to fool with passwords there.  I have an older Windoze PC here that I have
> setup to print through ipp, its just been a while since I have done it.
>
> As for a file share, it should ask for a password unless userids and
> passwords
> are the same.
>
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