[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#709613: printing does not work after squeeze->wheezy upgrade

[Michael Tokarev]

24.05.2013 16:27, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Package: samba
> Version: 2:3.6.6-6
> Severity: important
> 
> After upgrading a system from squeeze to wheezy yesterday, printing
> as ordinary user stopped working.
> 
> When trying to submit a print job (using smbclient for simplicity),
> "access denied" error is being returned from the server, like this:
> 
> $ smbclient //localhost/lexmark
> Enter mjt's password: [...]
> Domain=[TLS] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.6]
> smb: \> print /dev/null
> NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED opening remote file null-21366
> smb: \> _

After lots of asking around and searching, I also found this:

 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/990388

which is exactly the same issue reported against ubuntu.

The workaround in there -- namely, adding "use client driver = yes"
setting to smb.conf - lets smbclient (!) to work - ie, the above
`print' command succeeds, but windows clients still does not
work with the same 'access denied' error.

FWIW, the printing system used is BSD (lpr), but apparently it
isn't relevant since all print shares are configured explicitly
and the job submission is just at the beginning, so not really
relevant yet.

Thanks,

/mjt