Unable to fetch machine password when printing from AIX to Windows XP

[MPeccorini]

Hi fellows,

I'm using Samba 3.0.4 on an AIX 5.3 box, I have a windows 2000 active directory domain and I'm trying to use smbclient to print in a dot matrix printer shared in a Windows XP computer.

The command I'm using is:

smbclient //myhost/myshare -P -c "put /tmp/myfile.tmp"

but I get the next message:

ERROR: Unable to fetch machine password

I also tried:

smbclient mypwd -U mydomainuser //myhost/myshare -P -c "put /tmp/myfile.tmp"

with the same result.

Do I have to join the AIX server to the Active Directory domain? What else I'm I missing?

Thanks a lot,

Mauricio

 

[PHV]

You may try this:
smbclient //myhost/myshare -U mydomainuser%mypwd -N -P -c "put /tmp/myfile.tmp"

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[MPeccorini]

I also needed "-W mydomain" but that "user%password" sintax was what I was missing.

Thank you very much !