Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 10:32:28 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: "S. Rajnic" <susan@netlink.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Message-ID: <366BAEBC.479D8E5D@uk.radan.com> References: <98120710081702.19287@george.netlink.co.uk>
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S. Rajnic wrote:
>
> Hello -- I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.7 (as my desktop client) with Samba port samba-1.9.18.8, trying to
> connect to a Win NT 4.0 server for the purpose of printing. My smb.conf file passes the testparm check,
> and i've made an entry into my /etc/printcap file that looks like:
>
> rlp|remote|Samba NTSERVER printer:\
> :rm=ntserver.ourdomain.com:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\
> :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
>
> However, when i try a command using the following line:
> smbclient ////NTSERVER -U {myusername}%{mypassword}
^^^^
Should this not be ``\\\\''?. I've not got samba installed
but I'm looking into it and only last night was reading about it in
The Complete FreeBSD. I recall it saying that MS-DOS conventions are
used (e. g.``\'' not ``/'') which therefore means escaping path
separators, hence ``\\\\''
HTH
>
> I get the following message:
>
> Added interface ip=194.XX.XXX.92 bcast=194.XX.XXX.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> startlmhosts: Can't open lmhosts file /usr/local/etc/lmhosts. Error was No such file or directory
> Got a positive name query response from 194.XX.XXX.11 ( 194.XX.XXX.11 )
> Server time is Mon Dec 7 09:53:41 1998
> Timezone is UTC+0.0
> Domain=[TECH] OS=[Windows NT 4.0] Server=[NT LAN Manager 4.0]
> security=user
> SMBtconX failed. ERRDOS - ERRnosuchshare (You specified an invalid share name)
> Perhaps you are using the wrong sharename, username or password?
> Some servers insist that these be in uppercase
>
> however, i am a valid user with a valid username within that NT domain, and
> also a member of the Printer Operator's group. I'm new to all this so I don't
> quite understand what lmhosts is or why it's looking for it (nothing in man -k,
> nothing on freebsd.org, etc). help, anyone?
>
> Thanks,
> Susan
> susan@netlink.co.uk
>
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