SAMBA and Windows

[O. Sinclair]

Didn't someone earlier says something about Samba having to be set to 
SHARE and not USER security? Not my cup of tea, just a hunch.
Sinclair

Howard Coles Jr. wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 January 2007 05:44, Carlos Barros wrote:
>> Hi list!
>> I've spent last night trying to share a printer with my Windows XP, and
>> gave up. Well, the problem is: Windows ALWAYS ask for a password,
>> even to list the shares! And the worst, I had to manually sudo smbpasswd
>> user
>> to set a password (is there a GUI way????). Ok, here is my doubt:
>> Is it possible to make Windows access a share (and list available ones)
>> without a password?? I know Linux does this, but all you know, windows
>> is kinda stupid :)
> 
> Will Windows not print through CUPS directly?  I'm sure you know the 
> ipp://hostname.or.ip:631/printers/printerqueue format, and you shouldn't have 
> to fool with passwords there.  I have an older Windoze PC here that I have 
> setup to print through ipp, its just been a while since I have done it.
> 
> As for a file share, it should ask for a password unless userids and passwords 
> are the same.  
>