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Cannot Browse to Windows Shared Printer In Lucid

Bug #502607 reported by sparker256
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
samba (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: samba

Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04

Method:
* Open System -> Administration -> Printing from the gnome panel
* Select New
* Network Printer -> Windows Printer via SAMBA
* Browse
* The workgroup MSHOME is shown. The machine sharing the printer is part of MSHOME
* Trying to Open the MSHOME sub-tree I am greeted with a "Authentication" Dialog box.

When I do the same thing on my Karmic installation it will browse to my printer.

If I put the same path as in Karmic for the printer in the SMB Printer box the printer works.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jan 3 09:16:31 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20091116)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: samba (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-9.13-generic-pae
SourcePackage: samba
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-9-generic-pae i686

sparker256 (bgood)
Changed in samba (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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ubername (ubername) wrote :

Pretty sure this is related to:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/490201

It's not just a printer issue: you can not see any of the machines in the workgroup.

FWIW I don't think it is just a Nautilus issue, as the same behaviour is exhibited in gnome-commander. smbclient has been suggested as a potential avenue to explore.

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Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information.

Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSamba#samba-client.

Changed in samba (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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sparker256 (bgood) wrote :

Hope this will help

Did this use to work properly with a previous release ? Yes

bill@bill-1004:~$ dpkg-query -W -f='${Package} ${Version} ${Source} ${Status}\n' | grep samba
libsmbclient 2:3.4.3-2ubuntu2 samba install ok installed
libwbclient0 2:3.4.3-2ubuntu2 samba install ok installed
samba-common 2:3.4.3-2ubuntu2 samba install ok installed
samba-common-bin 2:3.4.3-2ubuntu2 samba install ok installed
smbclient 2:3.4.3-2ubuntu2 samba install ok installed

How is the remote share accessed from the Ubuntu system?

   1. other GUI client

If nautilus (or another GUI client) is used to access the remote share, can the share be accessed with the smbclient command line utility ?

bill@bill-1004:~$ smbclient //Bills/HPPhotos
Enter bill's password: <press enter >
Domain=[BILLS] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
smb: \>

What is the remote server ?

bill@bill-1004:~$ smbclient -L //Bills
Enter bill's password: <press enter >
Domain=[BILLS] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

 Sharename Type Comment
 --------- ---- -------
 IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
 print$ Disk Printer Drivers
 Documents Disk
 HPPhotos Printer HP Photosmart C4400 series
Domain=[BILLS] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

 Server Comment
 --------- -------

 Workgroup Master
 --------- -------

Bill

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sparker256 (bgood) wrote :

As of today's updates (01-29-10) I can now browse to my Windows XP printer.

Bill

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Thierry Carrez (ttx) wrote :

Cool, fixed in 3.4.5 then.

Changed in samba (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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