Originally posted by jim3297
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I'm just trying investigate without changing things and making it harder to pinpoint the issue. I'm hesitant to suggest changes without knowing the reasons why or how your network was set up. For my network I just needed a print server and some shared directories that the windows computers and Linux computers can access. All my computers require a login and have the same user accounts and passwords. All computers are on the same subnet and belong to the same workgroup. There is only one Public share I have that is attached to a VirtualBox guest Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. The rest of the shares require authentication including the windows shares. I use smb4k from Kubuntu to access windows shares and Samba shares on my network. It's a pretty standard setup.
I don't use Samba to share my printers attached to the Kubuntu computers. I set these printers up in System Settings --> Printer Configuration. I checked both "Share published printers connected to this system" and "Allow printing from the internet". This makes printing easy for my VirtualBox guest machines, my son (when he visits), and guests who need to print. All they have to do is map the printer (with my instructions and IP address).
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