Re: More Samba headaches
On Fri, Sep 11, 1998 at 04:25:24PM -0500, Brian Morgan wrote:
> Here's a tricky one for ya. I'm using debian 2.0 / samba to connect
> several jet direct box printers via ip addresses so that hundreds of
> laptops on our campus can print via ip using MS networking. Works
> great.
>
Ok. Can you explain your setup a bit more? I will assume that the HP
printers have the builtin JetDiret, and the Debian box is just
accepting the SMB printer connections and printing them to the HPs
with lpr.
> 1 problem now: All of a sudden, nobody can print with the existing
> windows printer setup. If I recreate the same printer, same samba
> network que, etc., I can print again. In looking at the properties of
> the new printer and the old printer, they are identical, but the old one
> comes up with a windows error "cannot connect to this network printer.
> Check to make sure . . . blah blah blah." This error occurs on all the
> laptops: even ones that have just been burned with a fresh hard drive
> image containing the appropriate printer setups.
>
Interesting. What do you see if you browse the Network Neighborhood on one
of the laptops and look at your Debian box(es)? Is it the same as what you
see with a ``smbclient -L boxname''? Can you connect to the printer shares
on your Debian box(es) with smbclient? Can you look at the printers on the
Debian box(es) thru the Network Neighborhood on the laptops?
> The only other thing I can think of that would relate is that last week
> the debian servers each had an ip conflict. That has been resolved now,
> and the boxes have all been restarted.
>
IP conflict with what? Each other or a laptop? How did you resolve it?
> Any thoughts? Is this something anyone else has experienced, or is this
> just another part of the ever growing list of problems associated with
> the Bill Gates Virus?
>
Sounds weird, but we need more information on your setup.
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