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Printing from Linux to Windows 7

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Update: Seems this is a well-known problem:


Props to Ralf Schaeftlein for his blog article Printing via SMB from Ubuntu 10.04 to Windows 7 - no one else I had found mentioned:

Next step is to uninstall the “Windows Live Sign-In Assistant” under windows 7 which is the main cause why the windows shares like the printers are not available from ubuntu.


The problem I was having? Being unable to browse the network shares on a computer. Here's what I was getting:


james@ruby:~$ smbclient -L //Rena-HP
Enter james's password:
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows 7 Home Premium 7600] Server=[Windows 7 Home Premium 6.1]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
Error returning browse list: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows 7 Home Premium 7600] Server=[Windows 7 Home Premium 6.1]

Server Comment
--------- -------

Workgroup Master
--------- -------


Here's what I wanted:


james@ruby:~$ smbclient -L Rena-HP
Enter james's password:
Domain=[RENA-HP] OS=[Windows 7 Home Premium 7600] Server=[Windows 7 Home Premium 6.1]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
C$ Disk Default share
D$ Disk Default share
HP Photosmart C4100 series Printer HP Photosmart C4100 series
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
print$ Disk Printer Drivers
Users Disk
Domain=[RENA-HP] OS=[Windows 7 Home Premium 7600] Server=[Windows 7 Home Premium 6.1]

Server Comment
--------- -------

Workgroup Master
--------- -------


Thanks, Ralf! What I want to know is how he worked that out!
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