Computer Science SAMBA Servers
Non-Computer Science students and staff should consult with MFCF
for the appropriate Math SAMBA servers.
Printer and File Services for Wireless and Stand-Alone Windows PCs
If you have a laptop PC on our wireless network or a stand-alone (non-domain) Windows PC
in your office, you can obtain access to our networked printer and file services by
utilizing one of our SAMBA (SMB) servers.
First, you must have a pre-existing UNIX account, whose password has been set, in the
corresponding Computer Science region in order to use these SAMBA servers.
CSCF manages four such SAMBA servers for our two user regions.
Computer Science Core (Administration, Research and Graduate Student) Region
- smb-files.cs
- smb-printers.cs
- Both these servers authenticate in what is called the CS-GENERAL Windows domain.
Computer Science Teaching (Undergraduate Student) Region
- smb-files.student.cs
- smb-printers.student.cs
- Both these servers authenticate in what is called the CS-TEACHING Windows domain.
These names are actually aliases to specific UNIX hosts managed by CSCF.
We recommend that the alias names be used as a SAMBA server can be
moved without prior notice.
Setting Your SAMBA (SMB) Password and Authentication
You really should not need to setup your SAMBA password. Your SAMBA password should correspond to the
value of your regional (core or teaching) UNIX password. When this password is set or changed, the new value
is forwarded to the Windows domain that authenticates your SAMBA server. All the above listed SAMBA servers
authenticate through domains which are members of the Active Directory for the School of Computer Science.
You may have to specify only the first eight characters for your SAMBA password. This is due to a bug
in UNIX which only examines the first eight characters of a password and treats the remaining characters as
irrelevent. If you are using a UNIX password that is more than eight characters in length then only the first
eight charaters were forwarded to the Active Directory for the SAMBA server to use.
On a stand-alone (non-domain) PC, you will have to save (encrypt) your SAMBA server (domain) credentials
into your local profile
using the following Windows command.
net use \\SAMBA_server_name\share_name /savecred
- Click on, Start Button -> Run...
- Enter cmd and click OK.
- A window with a command prompt appears, type a net use command like above.
- For example: net use \\smb-printers.student.cs\ljp_3016 /savecred
This will connect you to the printer share for the Self Serve Printer Pool in MC 3016 (ljp_3016)
- An authentication prompt will appear.
- Supply your SAMBA username: DOMAIN-NAME\username.
- For example, CS-TEACHING\jquser
- Supply your SAMBA password.
These credentials will be retained for all future sessions.
Create the Desired Print Queue(s)
NOTE: With regards to using SAMBA printers, if your local PC logon username and password don't match
those you require to access the SAMBA server, then you may need to encrypt your SAMBA server credentials
into your local profile. This is especially true if the SAMBA printers on your PC were established
under a different account than the one with which you are using to print.
The procedure is the same one described above. For example, enter a Windows command similar to the following:
net use \\smb-printers.student.cs\ljp_3016 /savecred
A prompt to authenticate to the SAMBA server appears:
- Supply your SAMBA username: DOMAIN-NAME\username.
- For example, CS-TEACHING\jquser
- Supply your SAMBA password.
Before you begin installation of a SAMBA print queue:
- This procedure is known to work for Windows NT4, 2000, XP and 2003 computers only.
All other Windows operating systems may not be able to utilize our SAMBA services.
- You must be authorized to print to the printer which you intend to setup.
- Some printers have quotas so you will have to ensure that you have sufficient monies
to print with.
- You must have the appropriate user rights to create a print queue on your
local computer. Usually this means being the local Administrator.
- You will also need to know the type of printer you are about to set up since
you will have to specify a driver for it.
NOTE: Although Microsoft supplies an extensive list of printer
drivers for your system you may still need to supply an appropiate third party printer driver.
Downloaded from the manufacturer's web site for example.
It is also best to use a Postscript driver for any of our networked printers but
avoid Postscript version 3 drivers if you are given a choice.
Find the print queue on the SAMBA server:
- Right click on "My Network Places" or "Network Neighbourhood" icon on your Windows
desktop.
- Select "Search for Computers..."
- Enter the name of the SAMBA server you intend to use, for example smb-printers.student.cs.
- Click on the "Search Now" button. A search can take several minutes.
- Double click on the computer icon when it appears in the right hand panel.
- You may be required to authenticate at this point.
- Supply your SAMBA username: DOMAIN-NAME\username.
- For example, CS-TEACHING\jquser
- Supply your SAMBA password.
- From the list of available printers and shared folders, open the printer which you
wish to set up on your PC.
- The Windows printer setup wizard will start and take you through the
setup procedure.
- It is here that you will be asked to specify the printer manufacturer
and model in order to find an appropriate driver.
NOTE: For most drivers, duplex printing is not enabled by default. You will
have to manually enable duplex in the printer's Properties. Usually, duplex
is part of the list of Advanced properties for a printer.
Access Your Personal Networked Disk Space
Before you begin:
- This procedure is known to work for Windows NT4, 2000, XP and 2003 computers only.
All other Windows operating systems may not be able to utilize our SAMBA services.
Find your disk space share on the SAMBA server:
- Right click on "My Network Places" or "Network Neighbourhood" icon on your Windows
desktop.
- Select "Search for Computers..."
- Enter the name of the SAMBA server you intend to use.
- Click on the "Search Now" button. A search can take several minutes.
- Double click on the computer icon when it appears in the right hand panel.
- You may be required to authenticate at this point.
- Supply your SAMBA username: DOMAIN-NAME\username.
- For example, CS-TEACHING\jquser
- Supply your SAMBA password.
- From the list of available shares and printers, open the folder labeled with
your username.
- Instead of simply opening your personal file share you can map it to
a netowrk drive letter so that your disk space will show up in "My Computer".
Right click on your your share folder and select the "Map Network Drive..."
option. You will be presented with an applet that will allow you to specify
the desired drive letter.
Other SAMBA Servers Managed by CSCF
The following SAMBA servers provide legacy services for users and
systems that are not fully moved into SCS's Active Directory environment.
These systems are not intended for general usage and may be shut down without
notice.
Computer Science Administration, Research and Graduate (Core) Region
- smb-unix.cs
- This server is obsolete and will be taken out of service as users
are migrated to smb-files.cs (or smb-printers.cs)
Computer Science Student (Teaching) Region
- smb-unix.student.cs
- This server is obsolete and will be taken out of service as users
are migrated to smb-files.cs (or smb-printers.cs)
- rees.cs (for SCS NEXUS terminals only)
- fe06.student.cs (for legacy SCS WinCentre users only)
This page was last updated on Monday, the 20th day of February
in the year 2006 AD.