[clue-tech] Samba and Windows 7

[Dan Harris]

On 1/4/10 1:40 PM, Clayton Fast wrote:
> I replaced a Win XP PC with a Windows 7 PC and can no longer print to 
> a shared printer on the Windows 7 PC from my Linux Centos 5 server.  
> The configuration on the server was not changed.  The Samba version is 
> 3.0.28-1.el5_2.1.  I don't believe it is a firewall issue because I 
> can connect to the printer (and print) from another PC on the 
> network.  I also temporarily disabled the firewall on the Windows 7 PC 
> with no success.
> I've unsuccessfully searched for a solution.  Nothing I've tried has 
> made any difference.
> Does anyone have this working?  Does anyone have any ideas on how I 
> can resolve the problem?
> Thanks,
> Clay
>
I think the issue is that Windows 7 and Vista use a more strict 
authentication.  To get Windows to play nice with Samba, you need to 
"downgrade" the Windows authentication to the old method:

http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Windows7

The article is for domain logon support, but I think this still applies 
to your printer sharing problem.  I had a similar issue trying to get 
Vista to print a while back.
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