[mythtv-users] WOT: Backend won't share

bhaskins bhaskins at chartermi.net
Tue Dec 28 17:11:53 UTC 2010


Emmanuel wrote:
> bhaskins a écrit :
>> I have a mythbackend box that is doing a great job of capturing 
>> videos from a HDHR
>> and making them available to a Asus O!play.
>> The only problem is that I would also like to have this box share 
>> it's printer, DVD, and attached USB drives.
>> Both the DVD and flash are fully accessable if I ssh into the box and 
>> copy files to a separate folder which I can
>> then access through nfs.
>> The printer also works fine from the (server) box.
>> I've tried a bunch of different distros with about the same results.
>> Any ideas on how to make the share happen?
>> Thanks,
>>  Bert
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> At least for the printer you can use CUPS (it should be packaged by 
> your distro).
I have been using CUPS right along and while I don't have any problems 
<ip>:631/admin
with accessing the printer in CUPS it is still just not there when 
trying to print.
This will probably turn out to be a permissions problem or a firewall 
thing but so far I can't find it.
> For a scanner you have to setup sane to respond to outside requests, 
> it works great: you basically setup a fake network sane driver for 
> each other computer and scan as if it was connected to your local host.
> As for dvd and flash, that is block devices, I dunno, somebody else 
> will probably fill in the blanks ;-)
> Bye
> Manu
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