This bug has become much worse with Ubuntu 12.04 - to the point where it is not practical to use Ubuntu 12.04 in an enterprise with Samba networked printers.
If you create a networked (Samba) printer, and select "Prompt User If Authentication Is Required" the following happens: - LibreOffice does not prompt for authentication when printing to Samba printers. The only option is to go into the print queue, right click the job, and select "Authenticate". - Checking the "Save Password" box does nothing, if the user prints again the job is held for authentication. - Apps that use the built-in print dialogs will prompt for authentication, and do not display a "Save Password" option. - 100% of jobs are held for authentication unless the user's credentials are stored in /etc/cups/printers.conf which is not possible if multiple users are using the same computer. Each user should be able to have their own credentials. This is very frustrating since this bug has persisted since the last LTS and nothing has been done about it. Is there *anything* I can do as a non-programmer to help this get fixed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk+3.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959451 Title: Credentials from gnome-keyring is not used while printing Status in “gtk+3.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, For end-user desktops, we've inserted the printing credentials in the user's gnome-keyring to make printing authentication automated. This worked perfectly last year and still works today ... up to the moment when the /etc/cups/printers.conf is auto-modified with the following change : AuthInfoRequired none to AuthInfoRequired username,password The result is that the user gets a Window which asks the username and the password to print. The printers are installed system wide (authentication can not be done with the printer's URI) and we send printing jobs to a Windows printing server. Thanks, ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: cups-client 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-38.83-generic-pae 2.6.32.52+drm33.21 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-38-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Mar 19 17:05:00 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110720.1) Lpstat: device for grb001-a4-n1: smb://enacprint2.epfl.ch/grb001-a4-n1-ps device for grc002-a4-c2: smb://enacprint2.epfl.ch/grc002-a4-c2-ps device for grc002-a4-n1: smb://enacprint2.epfl.ch/grc002-a4-n1-ps MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 755 Papersize: a4 PpdFiles: grc002-a4-n1: HP LaserJet 4350 Postscript (recommended) grc002-a4-c2: Xerox Phaser 8560 Foomatic/Postscript (recommended) grb001-a4-n1: HP LaserJet 4350 Postscript (recommended) ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-38-generic-pae root=UUID=662C78E22C78AF25 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash reboot=pci ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8 SourcePackage: cups dmi.bios.date: 01/20/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A16 dmi.board.name: 0GM819 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA16:bd01/20/2010:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlex755:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0GM819:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.name: OptiPlex 755 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/959451/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
