Network Printer Access Question

[flbiggs]

I use one of my Gentoo boxes as a print server for the other 2 computers on a home network. My wife prints a lot from her laptop, which uses Windowx XP Home Edition. The Gentoo print server acts as a samba server, which offers raw print access to the network printer. My wife is able to print fine, but the only drawback is that anytime either the laptop or ther print server are rebooted, she has to login to Samba again-- Manually. This entails going into the network neighborhood, navigating to the raw printer being offered by Samba, and logging in using a valid username and password. She finds this very annoying. Note that the Windows login box does not present the user with an option to memorize the login information (I sense that XP professional does).

I have spent hours and hours with the Samba documentation, trying to get a handle on the ins and outs of authentication, but it is just too complicated to me. Plus, I dont want to do something that provides a major secuirty risk to the network. Can anyone advise me what I can do to keep her from having to login, and what the risks are, if any. My smb.conf file is as follows:

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2005/02/17 13:31:24

# Global parameters
[global]
netbios name = tux
server string = tux
workgroup = HOME
wins support = yes

load printers = yes
browseable = yes
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
encrypt passwords = yes
use client drive = yes
security = user

[printers]
comment = All printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
printer admin = root, @ntadmins
printer name = MFC-8500
client driver = yes

Thanks!!

[TheRAt]

You might like to take a look @ this on the Gentoo-Wiki.
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