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List:       cups
Subject:    Re: [cups.general] CUPS cannot connect to CIFS server but smbclient
From:       Tom Roberts <tjroberts137 () sbcglobal ! net>
Date:       2007-12-24 2:44:00
Message-ID: 31566-cups.general () news ! easysw ! com
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Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Tom Roberts wrote:
> > The problem is that CUPS cannot connect to the CIFS server.
> > The weird thing is that using smbclient connects just fine.
> 
> (1) Make sure you have a symlink named 'smb' in /usr/lib/cups/backend/
> pointing to a binary called "smbspool":

That was already present.


> (2) Use the backend for a printer named "shared" which is attached to
> an XP PC named "xpbox":
> lpadmin -p your_printername \
> -v smb://username:password@workgroup/xpbox/shared \
> -E \
> -P /path/to/PPD.ppd

Thank you very much! That has gotten it working. I have no idea how, or why FC8 \
didn't set it up correctly.

Tom Roberts
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