Public bug reported: Binary package hint: samba
Smbd daemon starts before cups daemon and therefore fails to see and share printer. If you manually restart smbd, printers are seen. Samba version: 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3 Without doing nothing after the system boot i...@hjemme:~$ smbclient -L /192.168.1.2 Anonymous login successful Domain=[STRINGA] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.7] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- print$ Disk Printer Drivers IPC$ IPC IPC Service (hjemme server (Samba, Ubuntu)) After restarting smbd i...@hjemme:~$ smbclient -L /192.168.1.2 Domain=[STRINGA] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.7] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- print$ Disk Printer Drivers IPC$ IPC IPC Service (hjemme server (Samba, Ubuntu)) LaserJet-1100 Printer Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 1100 Here you can see that the smbd is started before cups i...@hjemme:~$ ps aux | grep smb root 598 0.0 0.0 15304 312 ? Ss 15:02 0:00 smbd -F root 667 0.0 0.0 15304 96 ? S 15:02 0:00 smbd -F i...@hjemme:~$ ps aux | grep cups root 832 0.0 0.1 6824 568 ? Ss 15:02 0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf ** Affects: samba (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Samba fails to share printer in 10.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/587548 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