CUPS cannot connect to CIFS server but smbclient can

[Tom Roberts]

Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Tom Roberts wrote:
> > The problem is that CUPS cannot connect to the CIFS server.
> > The weird thing is that using smbclient connects just fine.
>
> (1) Make sure you have a symlink named 'smb' in /usr/lib/cups/backend/
>     pointing to a binary called "smbspool":

That was already present.


> (2) Use the backend for a printer named "shared" which is attached to
>     an XP PC named "xpbox":
>        lpadmin -p your_printername \
>                -v smb://username:password@workgroup/xpbox/shared \
>                -E \
>                -P /path/to/PPD.ppd

Thank you very much! That has gotten it working. I have no idea how, or why FC8 didn't set it up correctly.

Tom Roberts