Hi all, Just to confirm the workaround... I had the same problem, printing failed from Ubuntu 9.04 - Jaunty Jackalope on a samba shared printer (on an XP PC). The issue came from only a few apps, like Firefox, but not on OpenOffice or Okular. Normally the printer sharing on Windows shouldn't prompt for auth, yet the Cups error.log showed a "failed auth" message.
I changed the /etc/cups/printers.conf as suggested above: #AuthInfoRequired username,password AuthInfoRequired none ... DeviceURI smb://serverUsername:serverpassw...@sharepath That fixed the problem, everything works even after restarting CUPS and/or the Ubuntu box (the printers.conf isn't modified). Rebooting the Microsoft PC sharing the printer doesn't change the situation (still able to print). Think have the same pb from a MAC OS X notebook, I'll try applying the same config changes and will advise. Let me know if any log or other information is needed -- 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
