Printer sharing

[Gary]

On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 15:03 +0530, Rigved Rakshit wrote:
>         I am trying to share a Canon MP 250 attached to a windows 7
>         computer.
>         I have tried ipp as well as Samba.  It appears the problem is
>         W7 does
>         not recognize the password.  I can share files back and forth
>         just
>         fine.
>         
>         In ipp I entered 192.168.0.8:631  in host and printers/Canon
>         (the name
>         I gave the printer on the W7 machine).
>         
>         In Samba WORKGROUP/192.168.0.8:631/Canon.  I have tried using
>         HomeGroup which is the W7 configuation.  I have tried dropping
>         the
>         :631.
>         
>         In each instance when it asks for a user name and password, I
>         am told
>         the password may be incorrect.
>         
>         Any assistance would be appreciated.
>         
>         thanks
>         
>         
>         gary
>         (GMT+1)
> 
> Open up the terminal and type: sudo gedit /etc/hosts.allow
> Type in your password.
> Then add this line to the file:
> 
> ALL:192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0
> 
> Save the file. Now try logging into your samba workgroup.
> 
> Note: The line mentioned above says "ALL" to make it easier for you in
> future. But actually, you can replece "ALL" with a list of services,
> each on a separate line. These services can be sshd, samba, cups etc.
> You will have to read up the actual documentation on
> the /etc/hosts.allow file for more deatails.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Rigved Rakshit
> 

Thanks for the reply.  When I entered sudo gedit /etc/hosts.allow the
first time I got the following messages:


(gedit:4197): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into
`/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create
file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.L9H1ZV': No such file or
directory

(gedit:4197): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of
`/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or
directory

(gedit:4197): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into
`/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create
file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.K82G0V': No such file or
directory

(gedit:4197): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of
`/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or
directory

(gedit:4197): Gtk-WARNING Attempting to store changes into
`/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create
file '/root/.local/share/recene-used.xbel.100G0V': No such file or
directory

(gedit:4197): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of
`/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or
directory

I entered the required text at the end of the file and saved it.  I got
the same message I have been getting-  "the password might be incorrect"

The printer works in Ubuntu.  Canon Australia has a driver you can
download.

gary