bikkr38
01-31-2003, 12:02 AM
I am still trying to network through linux using samba, cannot figure out what I am doing wrong, have a windows network work fine three pc's printer hooked up to my hub, the other two comp, can access the net, put cannot print when I am on linux, they have to wait till I shut down linux, I go to mandrake control center \ printers nothing comes up to install new printer, or add printer, I can see the other comp, when I do a smbclient -L hostname, I can also see my icon of a computer on another windows machine in network neighborhood click on it and it shows me the name of the computer and samba server 2.2.7, when the password window comes up I type in the passwd I setup in samba and nothing, says wrong password, what ever names I have setup in the windows network, and the linux\samba setup have to be the same? what I mean is do I have to have the same name and passwd for my linux login and samba and windows on all three computers, what am I doing wrong, please advise or talk me through the steps or my wife is going to shoot me for spending so much time on the computer, help!!!!!!!!!!!!