Windows Share

[David Symons]

On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 20:13 -0500, Roy de la Garza wrote:
> When I install Samba, the Ubuntu machine begins requesting a user
> name and password. I have tried every user name and password combo that
> is present on any of the machines. None work.

Hi Roy,

Not sure here sorry but the following wiki might help:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SettingUpSamba

> On the windows machines,
> Ubuntu becomes visible, but asks for a user name and password. Same
> result as above.

'sudo smbpasswd -a <username>' (must be an existing user).  Then try
those credentials from XP.

> Basically, I want the Ubuntu machine and its printer visible and
> available for the Windows XP machines.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkPrintingFromWinXP

Hope this helps.

Cheers, Dave.
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