Connect to a network printer

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I am using XP home and I wish to connect to a printer on a server however
the username required is user1 and when the login box appears it only shows
\\mypc\guest

When I mapped the network drives I could at least select an option to
connect using a different username, can this be done with network printers ?

Thanks
 
McHenry said:
I am using XP home and I wish to connect to a printer on a server
however the username required is user1 and when the login box appears
it only shows \\mypc\guest

When I mapped the network drives I could at least select an option to
connect using a different username, can this be done with network
printers ?

Thanks
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What operating system is the server using? XP Home cannot join a domain.
You would need to create the user1 account and password on the XP Home
machine. Here is a link which explain how to use an XP Home machine on
a domain:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxphdoms.htm

If this is a work machine and you will need to use domain resources
regularly, a better solution will be to upgrade to XP Professional.

Malke
 
Malke said:
What operating system is the server using? XP Home cannot join a domain.
You would need to create the user1 account and password on the XP Home
machine. Here is a link which explain how to use an XP Home machine on
a domain:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxphdoms.htm

If this is a work machine and you will need to use domain resources
regularly, a better solution will be to upgrade to XP Professional.

Malke
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Thanks for the prompt reply.

So XP home does not allow you to specify a uname & password when you connect
to a network printer like it does when you connect to a network share ?
 
McHenry wrote:

Thanks for the prompt reply.

So XP home does not allow you to specify a uname & password when you
connect to a network printer like it does when you connect to a
network share ?
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You are still not answering the question I asked you about your network
setup. XP Home only authenticates as guest. If you are connecting to a
network share - either on a computer that has guest access disabled or
on a server in a domain - you will have problems with XP Home, but
there are workarounds as per the link I previously gave you.

If you want more detailed help, then please include this information as
requested:

1. Is the network a domain?
2. If yes, what server operating system is being run on the server?
3. If the network is only a Workgroup, what operating system is the
pseudo-server (the one with the printer) running?

Malke
 
Malke said:
McHenry wrote:



You are still not answering the question I asked you about your network
setup. XP Home only authenticates as guest. If you are connecting to a
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To connect to the shared drive XP allows me to specify a username & password
other than the one I use locally.
network share - either on a computer that has guest access disabled or
on a server in a domain - you will have problems with XP Home, but
there are workarounds as per the link I previously gave you.

If you want more detailed help, then please include this information as
requested:

1. Is the network a domain?
2. If yes, what server operating system is being run on the server?
3. If the network is only a Workgroup, what operating system is the
pseudo-server (the one with the printer) running?
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Linux (Samba)
 
McHenry wrote:

(various snippages)
To connect to the shared drive XP allows me to specify a username &
password other than the one I use locally.
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Linux (Samba)
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To connect to a Samba server, you will need to either create the
matching user account/password in the Linux distro and in Samba OR
change Samba's default to allow guest access (disabled by default
because guest is a security risk). Here is my standard blurb about
setting up Samba:

1. On Windows boxen, make sure all accounts are properly named (no
damned spaces) and there are no null passwords. Configure any firewalls
to allow lan traffic. Create shares as desired. Remember please that XP
Home will not allow you to share users' home directories (My
Documents).

2. On Linux, create identical user account/passwords with whatever
method you use for your distro.
3. Make sure you've installed Samba server/client.
4. Make sure nmb and smb daemons will start at bootup.

5. Now add your users to Samba. Make these match the ones on Windows. I
think the easiest way is from the console, so open one, su to root, and
type:
smbpasswd -a username [enter]
(enter password)
(enter password again)

6. Set your Samba server and client Identity to match your Windows
Workgroup name.

7. I use KDE, so if you use Gnome you'll need to figure this next bit
out yourself. Open up the Control Center and go to Internet/Network and
then Samba. Click on the Administrator Mode (enter root password). I
use User security level. Check to make sure Shares (these are for the
Linux box of course) are the way you want them. Apply and close that
part.

8. Click on File Sharing and enable Administrator Mode. Check "Enable
local network file sharing". I have mine set on "Advanced sharing".
Check the box for "Use Samba" rather than NFS.

And that's pretty much it. Now if you want to make a new share - say a
folder that isn't in your /home, you can right-click it to set Sharing
Properties. If all you want to share is your /home, you're done.

If you do this, then you will be able to connect to Samba shares from
your XP Home box. If you have a lot of people connecting to the Samba
server, you can use generic user logons. For instance, I have set up a
Samba server for a school laptop program. The generic user accounts are
Student and Teacher. That way we don't need to create lots of different
user accounts.

Malke
 
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