[Bug 967410] Re: Windows clients cannot connect to shared printers

[rickyrockrat]

Any news on the release of this fix for precise? I'm preparing to set up
servers for windows networks, and I need to know what workaround I have
to use. 3.6.6 as originally released is not going to go on these
servers.

I've made Ubuntu my distro of choice, but this was reported almost a
YEAR ago, and Precise is supposed to be a LTS.  It really makes one
think about CentOS.

If this was a minor bug, it's one thing, but this isn't a minor bug,
IMO.

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Title:
  Windows clients cannot connect to shared printers

Status in Samba:
  Fix Released
Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “samba” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed
Status in “samba” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  SRU justification :

  It is currently impossible for a USB connected printer shared on
  Ubuntu 12.04 to be added to a Windows XP / 7 using the "Discover
  printer" functionality

  Impact :

  Users cannot use such printers shared by Ubuntu Precise

  Fix :

  Samba bug #8554 provides a fix for this issue. The fix is part of the
  Quantal version of Samba (3.6.6)

  Test Case : See comment #75 for a detailed description of how to
  reproduce the bug and confirm the fix

  Regression : None expected as the fix is already part of the version
  used in Quantal

  Description of the problem :

  Since installing 12.04 I can no longer connect my windows XP clients to my laser printers on the Ubuntu system using samba.
  It works on 11.10 using the exact same smb.conf file.
  I can see the printers from the windows clients, I can select it, I install the drivers locally from the windows pc.  When I click next I get the message "Windows cannot connect to the printer. Either the printer name was typed incorrectly or the specified printer has lost its connection to the sever".

  This is a deal breaker for me.

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