[KLUG Members] removing password from network printer

[bill]

Adam Williams wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 19:54, bill wrote:
> 
>>How can I remove the password from a network printer?  It's a protected 
>>local network, and I don't see any need for a password, just the 
>>inconvenience.
>>
>>Printer's on a Linux box, using Samba.
> 
> 
> Does a blank password work?

no
> 
> Is the printer share "guest ok = yes".  

Hmmm... how can I find smb.conf if it isn't in /etc  ?

> And is the "guest account ="
> indicating a VALID user account.  Nothing guest will work unless guest
> account is a real account (just a very common mistake).

I think you're saying that setting a line in smb.conf to say

guest account=

will work as long as there is no account on the box called "guest"?

kind regards,

bill