[Wine] NET USE ?

[Austin English]

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:05 PM, James
Mckenzie<jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm trying to access a remote fiscal printer under Wine.
>
> Does the printer appear in the CUPS listing?
>
>>I'm wondering if it's possible to use the 'net use' command from Windows (but under wine) to map the remote
>>printer or if it's possible to simple mount the remote printer (dunno how as mount.cifs gives no clue about how
>>to mount print shares) under 'dosdevices/unc'
>
> No and No.  NET USE is not supported and UNC devices are not supported directly by Wine.
>
> It is not physically possible to access a printer under Linux as a non-root user and Wine should not be run as root for security reasons.

There are times when running wine as root IS needed, hence why it's
not disabled.

It IS of course, discouraged.

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-Austin