Re: Printers, and Samba, and Swat (oh my!)
I am at the same step and get the same error.. Hope someone answers you..
Cheers Al
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian W. Carver <brianwcarver@yahoo.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 7:03 PM
Subject: Printers, and Samba, and Swat (oh my!)
> System: Debian 2.2r6 potato with a few woody upgrades.
>
> I'm trying to use printtool to set up my HP Laserjet 5L and when I start
> it up it claims that Samba is not installed. Samba is installed, but I
> just haven't configured it yet. The printer is autodetected and passes
> the ascii test direct to port, but does not pass the regular ascii test
> or the postscript test. I couldn't cut and paste the exact error, as
> the text wasn't selectable. Beyond auto-detection by printtool what
> else should be done to set up the printer?
>
> Also, I'd like to configure samba using swat, but when following the
> directions in Learning Debian Gnu/Linux Chapter 10 (
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/ch10_03.html ) It says "To
> access swat, point your browser to port 901 of your system. For example,
> you can use the URL http://localhost:901/. Your web browser will prompt
> you for a userid and password; specify root as the userid and give the
> appropriate password. Figure 10.1 shows swat's main menu, accessed by
> using the system's IP address in place of its hostname."
>
> When I type http://localhost:901/ or http://192.168.0.1:901/ as the
> example shows into Mozilla, I do NOT get asked for a userid or password,
> and instead I get a pop up box saying: connection refused. I am logged
> in as root when this happens.
>
> Do I have firewall settings blocking 901 or something? Or overall, 1)
> How can I make swat work? and 2) How do I get the printer to work?
> Thanks for any help.
>
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