Hello, I encountered this bug and managed to solve it. Here is the situation and the solution:
In Ubuntu 9.04, I was trying to add a printer connected to a Vista Business PC in the same local network. I had turned this Vista PC on and I had logged in with the user "Peter" (who doesn't have a password). When going to System->Administration->Printers , I went to "New" and then "Windows Printer via Samba". I was able to find the printer without problems and the test page printed no problem. However, next time I printed something, I got the "can't prompt for authorization" error. I tried the copy & paste printer solution, and it let me print one more time, but next time I got the error again. My solution? When adding the samba printer, after filling the smb: text field, don't forget to go to Authentication and put "Peter" in the username field (you should obviously write the password too if you have one). -- cups says "can't promp for authorization" when printing to my samba printer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283811 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
