Please help with using Samba shared from a Linux host

[rjalex]

Dear friends,
please bear with my ignorance. I have to run a Windows 7 virtual machine under KVM on a Linux Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit host to run MS Office 2013.

I have printers defined on the Linux host and would like to have the Win7 guest to "see" them.

I have therefore setup a samba server on my Linux host for sharing both the printers and a directory. While the latter works great, I am not able to "see" the printers from within the Win7 guest.

Would any of you be so knowledgeable (and patient and kind ) to see if you can sort out which mistake I might be doing ?

Here follow info from a thread I posted on a Linux forum. Thank you so much in advance:

Dear friends,
I am trying to "see" the printers I have defined on an Ubuntu Linux IBM client from within a Windows 7 guest OS running under KVM virtualization via Samba protocol.
The setup of the samba server seems quite aok to me and from within the Win7 command line if I issue a net view command I see the following (slightly trimmed redundant entries:

C:\Users\IBM_ADMIN>net view \\192.168.122.1
Shared resources at \\192.168.122.1
Samba Server Version 3.6.6
Share name Type Used as Comment
------------------------------------------------------------
Downloads Disk
itroml39 Print itroml39
itroml39.confidential Print itroml39.confidential
... snip ...
itroml78 Print itroml78
itroml78.confidential Print itroml78.confidential
itrotl37 Print itrotl37
itrotl37.confidential Print itrotl37.confidential
PostScript Print PostScript
shared_robert Disk Z: robert home
The command completed successfully.
​

Unfortunately when I go through "Devices and printers" -> Add a printer -> Add a network printer, Win7 never finds anything, nor the Computer->Network "method" finds anything (even though I do use a shared folder very well).
So I think it's the "browsing" thingie not working
Is there a commandline net use command that might work ? I tried "net use \\192.168.122.1\itrotl37" and similar, which issues a "Command completed succesfully" msg but the printer is not to be found anywhere.
Anyone know what I could try ? Thanks in advance. Attaching a couple of files which I hope will give you clues.
Here follows also an excerpt of my Linux samba config:

[global]
workgroup = LINUXKVM
server string = Samba Server Version %v
interfaces = lo virbr0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
security = user
load printers = yes
cups options = raw
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = yes
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes
path = /tmp
#public = yes
# path = /var/spool/samba
#create mode = 0700
use client driver = yes
​

The virtual Win7 machine has a WIN7KVM hostname and belongs to a LINUXKVM workgroup.

 

[chev65]

Not completely sure on this as your set up is a bit different than normal.

For Samba share access Windows 7 requires some adjustments to the lanman server settings and the encryption might also be a problem.

The following link shows how to make these adjustments via the Local Security Policy.

Solved W2K3 Server can access W8 W8 computer cant see W2K server

 

[rjalex]

Thanks for trying to help but the instructions from the thread you mention on Win8 do not seem to work on Win7 (at least for a clueless newb like me).

Any pointers relevant to Win7 ?

Take care

 

[chev65]

Thanks for trying to help but the instructions from the thread you mention on Win8 do not seem to work on Win7 (at least for a clueless newb like me).

Any pointers relevant to Win7 ?

Take care

Well Windows 7 has the same settings but if you don't have the Local Security Policy then you must be using Home Premium version.