On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 02:00:45PM +0100, Jan Drees wrote:
> Package: samba
> Version: 2:4.1.17+dfsg-2+deb8u1
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> We are trying to upgrade our Samba print server to jessie.
> There is a local cups server to manage the printing and Samba should allow
> access for windows clients.
> Authentication is managed via Active Directory, but even without
> authentication, printing does not work.
> Adding a printer in Windows always returns "Windows couldn't connect to the
> printer. Check the printer name and try again. If this is a network printer,
> make sure that the printer is turned on, and that the printer address is
> correct".
> Digging into the logs unearthed the fact that the printer name is cut off
> when using the FQDN for the server.
> (" _spoolss_OpenPrinterEx: Cannot open a printer handle for printer
> \\cupsad3.cs.upb.de")
> We expected that the full printer name would be used instead.
I think that error message is a red herring - see
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10118
Jelmer
