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Cannot print to Windows Vista printers (SMB) from Ubuntu

Bug #133703 reported by Mikko Ohtamaa
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: samba

Samba 3.0.24 doesn't work with Windows Vista. Vista uses newer SMB2 protocol and Samba doesn't properly fallback to old SMB version 1.

However, if one installs LPD service on Vista, the printing is possible. Here are some details: http://blog.redinnovation.com/2007/08/20/printing-to-windows-vista-printer-from-linux/

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Paul van Genderen (paulvg) wrote :

Upstream dev raises a valid question, is the printer up for anonymous access?

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Mikko Ohtamaa (mikko-red-innovation) wrote :

This is not assigned to a correct upstream bug.

The problem here is Vista specific. smbclient based applications cannot access Vista shares or printers.

Please read about SMB2 in http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/75/Microsoft_Vista_With_Linux_Interoperability.pdf

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Paul van Genderen (paulvg) wrote :

That article is from February 2007 and the problem described therein may have been fixed already, as I'm unable to find an open bug report related to your problem. If you do find one, please change the bug number (remember to select "Samba Bugzilla"). If you don't please look into the DACL of the printer share to see if "Everyone" is listed and is effectively allowed. Other network security policies could restrict access as well. But we can't help you with that as we don't provide support for Vista. The official Windows Vista support website is here: http://support.microsoft.com/windowsvista
There are also unofficial community support forums, for example on neowin.net: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=194

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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Could you try to connect to your vista share with the latest version from gutsy (3.0.25b)?

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status: New → Incomplete
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Mikko Ohtamaa (mikko-red-innovation) wrote :

Thank you for you response.

I don't need support. I just wanted to notify about the problem so that other users suffering from the same problem (Feisty is pretty popular!) will find the cause and possible solution for it (as there is, in the blog link given in the first comment).

I will test Gutsy later, when it gets more mature and I have time to install it some of my machines.

There will be fix in Samba 3.0.25. I think the correct bug report is this: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4309

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status: Unknown → In Progress
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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote :

Thanks for your report. The version of samba in Gutsy is 3.0.25b. It should fix your problem. Could test that it works in your environment ?

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Mikko Ohtamaa (mikko-red-innovation) wrote :

I have got Gutsy installed on one machine. I will confirm this later. Please do not close this yet.

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Mikko Ohtamaa (mikko-red-innovation) wrote :

Confirmed to work with Gutsy. This bug can be closed.

Mathias Gug (mathiaz)
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status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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importance: Unknown → Medium
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