[cups.general] NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL with smb backend

Lorenzo nakis at prato.linux.it
Thu Dec 16 16:24:26 PST 2004


Jerome Alet wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 07:53:00AM -0500, Riyaz at easysw.com wrote:
> >
> > I have two computers here, with one running win xp. The printer is
> > connected to the computer running winxp. I have shared the computer
> > with xp, with the share name printer.
> >
> > The other computer runs linux, (fedora core 3). I tired running
> > cups with smb://192.168.0.1/printer
> >
> > but when i try to print cups displays
> >
> > Connection failed with error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
>
> I think you should pass an username and password as part of the
> smb:// url to access the printer share from your CUPS box
>
> I don't remember the exact syntax though, but it certainely is
> in CUPS' documentation
>
> hoping this helps
>
> Jerome Alet
>

The syntax is:
smb://user:pass@server/share

I tried it, but I receive the same error message. However, print job appears on Windows print manager, but printing never starts. It's a different problem?




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