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

[Louis Bouchard]

Well after numerous tests, I can no longer reproduce this bug ! I tested
the following :

Precise	12.04.1	VM
Precise	12.04	VM
Quantal	12.10	VM
Quantal	12.10	Baremetal
Raring	13.04	VM

>From a vanilla install :
• Confirm "Publish shared printers connected to this system" is enabled in PrintTool
•  Enable Visibility of printer on network
• Install samba package
• Modify /etc/samba/smb.conf with the following :
[global]
   workgroup = MSHOME
   printing = cups
   printcap name = cups

***Nothing changed in the [printers] section***

$ sudo restart nmbd
$ sudo restart smbd
$ sudo rpcclient localhost -c enumprinters
Enter root's password: 
        flags:[0x800000]
        name:[\\LOCALHOST\Photosmart-C5100-series]
        description:[\\LOCALHOST\Photosmart-C5100-series,,HP Photosmart C5100 series]
        comment:[HP Photosmart C5100 series]

Unlike previously, the "name:[...]" value is now complete with server &
printer name. This is confirmed by setting up a printer on Windows XP as
well.

It would be greatly appreciated if someone affected by this bug could
test on an up-to-date system (12.04 preferably) to try to reproduce the
bug. My feeling is that the source of the problem was not samba and got
recently updated.

But after two complete days of thorough testing, I am not able to
reproduce the bug anymore !

Regarding the upstream samba bug (#8769), it is not related to this
issue and should be removed as a reference.

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Title:
  Windows clients cannot connect to shared printers

Status in Samba:
  Fix Released
Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “samba” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed
Status in “samba” source package in Quantal:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  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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