[COLUG] kubuntu read/write permission and printer acess

[charles morrison]

I first want to thank those who sent me messages concerning getting my 
Kubuntu laptop talking to an NT4 server database file with read-write 
permissions. They got me headed in the correct direction.

The final solution was using the KDE gui under "system settings" and 
then selecting "disk and file systems" to add the mount points. It uses 
smbfs instead of CIFS, but it works. "Type" should be "windows file 
sharing". It does connect to our database on the NT4 server and share it 
with other windows clients.

The fstab file entry made by the gui is:

\134\134server\134alidata /media/alidata smbfs 
uid=0,gid=0,auto,rw,users,credentials=/etc/fstab_smb_credentials_1 0 0

Now, I could use some ideas on getting the windows application to 
recognize the cups printers. The printers are network printers with 
fixed IPs. According to what I read, any printers configured on Linux 
under CUPS should be recognized by the program running under wine. Well, 
my wine application doesn't see any printers. Printers work ok under 
Linux. Notepad under wine does recognize the printers, but font problems.

Any ideas on what to try to get the wine application to see the network 
printers would be appreciated. Already looked at WineHQ and various 
other places.

Thanks in advance,
Charlie Morrison

P.S.

I am already trying to move the application to Linux, but this could 
take as long as 1 more year, so I want the printers to work using 
Kubuntu for the next year or so.