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NT 4.0 Workgroup Network printing

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by martin powell

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A user has set up a shared printer on his NT machine, but when someone tries to connect to the printer over the network it asks for the IPC$ password. The network is running Novell Clients but the printer is being shared through Microsoft Networking(workgroups!!). It works OK being shared from a Win95\98 computer.

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by mphoffar

At this point, You probobly just want to add soemthing like domain users or some sort of everyone group on your network to the power users group on the local machine.

by baziite

What do you mean by 'Novel Clients" .I assume you mean PC's authenticating on a Novel Server . In this case the NT Machine can either be a WKS or a Member server , member of the same workgroup with NWlink protocol and CSNW installed . Now If you install File and print service for Netware on your NT Machine you should be able to connect to the printer as a novel client . Why are you trying to connect using microsoft networking from a PC that is running a Novel client ?
So basically you need theFile and print sharing service for Netware installed on the NT Machine . Then you can share the printer to the network using the user list from your Novel Server .
Good Luck !

by martin powell

The fact that it is authenticating to a novell server is neither here nor there. I want to be able to share the printer through a MS Workgroup since Novell is to be removed from the network and a Microsoft domain put in in it's place.

by bsimmons

Ok your problem is the people who are trying to connect to this object do not have rights to this object. To do this you will have to go into the properties of the printer. Click on the security Tab. Next Click on Permissions. Here you can give groups or user rights to access this object. The trick is they have to be a user on the workstation to have rights to the object that the workstation is sharing.

by baziite

If the NT machine sharing the printer is Domain Controller or a member of a domain then Only peolple who are authenticated by the domain controller can access the printer . In this case You will be able to print to the printer if your client for microsoft Networks Properties are configured to log on to an NT Server ( On the Network applet in Control panel ).You also need to set up the user account on the domain , share the printer And give this user permission to print to the printer .

If the NT machine is a WKS or Member Server Then you can add them to a Workgroup ,and you can share the printer and give the everyone group print permission on the NT Machine . By accessing the printer , I hope you mean try to send a job to the printer from an application eg word .

Much Luck !!!

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