UPDATE: Leaving the password field blank and clicking "OK" still allows the job to print.
So this means it's prompting for authentication, but then still using the password saved in the keyring. That makes it somewhat less annoying, but still problematic for users who don't know this trick. Ideally the authentication dialog should not appear at all. ** Description changed: Binary package hint: system-config-printer This issue exists at least since 10.04 - - User adds a samba printer - On first print job, user is prompted for auth, checks "Remember Password" - Password is saved in user's keyring - User can browse shares on that samba server via nautilus without being prompted for a password - User is still prompted to authenticate when printing to the samba printer. - Problem was intermittent in 10.04, seems to consistently not work in > 10.10 - This happens both on workstations using winbind and those not using winbind. I have tried various things such as changing the printer URI (with/without workgroup name, etc) and making sure the hostname of the windows box is resolvable. What is odd is that nautilus uses the keyring for authenticating samba shares, but printing does not. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.3.1+20110222-0ubuntu11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Apr 7 14:45:46 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330) - Lpstat: device for 4thFloorCopier: smb://ifaith/ifaith1/4thfloorcopier + Lpstat: device for 4thFloorCopier: smb://<workgroup>/<machine>/4thfloorcopier MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. M61SME-S2 Papersize: letter PpdFiles: 4thFloorCopier: Sharp MX-M450N PS, 1.0 ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_US:en - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_US:en + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic root=UUID=62e34a05-36d1-40d8-867e-9f7295926437 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: system-config-printer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/21/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F4 dmi.board.name: M61SME-S2 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd06/21/2007:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnM61SME-S2:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnM61SME-S2:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: M61SME-S2 dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/753997 Title: Authentication required to print to samba printer despite password being saved in keyring -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
