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Samba would pass the print jobs to the linux printing subsystem. since
you wouldn't have any *nix machines, I think CUPS is unnecessary - I
would just use lpd. Setup the printer in Samba and the windows machines
will print to it that way.
Good luck!
On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 12:18, Weissman, Gary wrote:
>
>
> I hadn't decided on a distribution yet...RH 8.0 I was thinking, but maybe
> that is too much, especially if I am using an older machine?
>
> The box wouldn't be used as a domain controller since most users will be
> running Win98, but would be for file sharing and print services. As for the
> CUPS, I've never configured the printer server before like this so I don't
> know if I would use CUPS, or does the SAMBA daemon handle the windows
> printing, too? There would be no Linux desktops on the network.
>
> Thanks everyone for your time and advice!
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jon
> To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> Sent: 12/27/2002 10:48 AM
> Subject: RE: [PLUG] SAMBA Server
>
> You know... after screwing with this stuff for the first time last
> night,
> I'm inclined to agree with you, Paul.
>
> The web-based tools didn't really work all that well, and the conf files
> aren't too evil to manage, really.
>
> I found this to be helpful:
> http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/samba.htm
>
> Also, what distribution are you using, Gary? Do you need CUPS support,
> that
> kind of thing?
>
> -- jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
> [mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Paul
> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 11:34 AM
> To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] SAMBA Server
>
>
> SWAT is OK, but I prefer the editing the config manually. Some people
> like to use Webmin, which also has modules for administering other
> services through a browser.
>
>
> Jon Nelson wrote:
>
> >Weissman, Gary said:
> >
> >>for a machine? Also, any other suggested documentation apart from the
> >>HOWTO on the SAMBA site?
> >>
> >
> >I would suggest using SWAT (Samba Web Admin. Tool). It makes the
> config
> >very painless and there is a ton of on-line docs. If you are using Red
> >Hat, it will be disabled after install. Edit /etc/xinetd.d/swat and
> >change the line "disable = yes" to no. You can access it via you
> browser
> >(ex: localhost:901).
> >
> >MC
> >
> >Jon
> >
>
>
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