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SMB Backend Fails when printing to a Windows share

Bug #73800 reported by Charlie Huang
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samba (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

I installed all smb related packages and tried to install a printer on a window server 2003 server. The installation seems to go fine and I can locate and browse the Samba share, but during a test page print, the smb backend fails.

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Ante Karamatić (ivoks) wrote :

Probably wrong permissions on /var/spool/samba/. Could you check it, if still a problem?

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Ante Karamatić (ivoks) wrote :

/var/spool/samba was fixed in Debian's version 3.0.23a-1. Fix was included in Ubuntu Feisty as 3.0.23d-1ubuntu1.

Changed in samba:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
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Thierry Carrez (ttx) wrote :

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information (comment 1)? Thanks!

Changed in samba:
status: Triaged → Incomplete
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Paul Dufresne (paulduf) wrote :

Just a note to keep in mind about bug #132791.
Also bug #283811 which I am more investigating.

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Didi Kohen (kohen-d) wrote :

The smb.conf defaults to /usr/spool/samba, which doesn't exist...
Same bug, different dists:
http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2219
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=241409

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Thierry Carrez (ttx) wrote :

Marking as Fix Released as /var/spool/samba was fixed in Feisty, no news from reporter.
(Note to David: our smb.conf defaults to /var/spool/samba)
Feel free to reopen this bug if you still experience the issue.

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