<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">I am trying to share a Canon MP 250 attached to a windows 7 computer. I have tried ipp as well as Samba. 狢t appears the problem is W7 does not recognize the password. 狢 can share files back and forth just fine. In ipp I entered <a href="http://192.168.0.8:631" target="_blank">192.168.0.8:631</a> 犲n host and printers/Canon (the name I gave the printer on the W7 machine). In Samba WORKGROUP/<a href="http://192.168.0.8:631/Canon" target="_blank">192.168.0.8:631/Canon</a>. 狢 have tried using HomeGroup which is the W7 configuation. 狢 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) </blockquote><div> Open up the terminal and type: sudo gedit /etc/hosts.allow Type in your password. Then add this line to the file: ALL:<a href="http://192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0">192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0</a> 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 </div></div>