[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
The changes upstream to the printer management software in GNOME made this problem disappear starting in Gutsy and in Hardy as well. Marking it as invalid to close the matter. ** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/58403 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
Scanning for SMB-shared printers works now very well with system-config- printer. Many problems were solved there. See bug 127152. If you are on Gutsy you should try the newest version (will appear in Gutsy after Tribe 5) from http://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/gutsy/system-config- printer/ Does this version of system-config-printer solve your problem? -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/58403 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
If system-config-printer replaces gnome-cups-manager in gutsy the fix should be done in that package https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config- printer/+bug/127152 -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/58403 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
The above command doesn't work for me. I have a small broadband router with an integrated print server: Starting Nmap 4.10 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2007-02-01 17:22 CET Interesting ports on 192.168.1.2: Not shown: 1675 closed ports PORTSTATE SERVICE 23/tcp open telnet 80/tcp open http 139/tcp open netbios-ssn 515/tcp open printer MAC Address: 00:40:01:51:CF:40 (Zyxel Communications) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# smbclient -L //192.168.1.2 Password: Domain=[wgnet] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.0.7] Sharename Type Comment - --- HL730 Printer Printer LP2 Printer Printer Domain=[wgnet] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.0.7] Server Comment ---- WorkgroupMaster ---- findsmb doesn't work for me. -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
the command in the previous comment (for i in `export LC_ALL=C; findsmb 2 /dev/null | egrep '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | tr -s | cut -f2 -d ' ' | uniq | sort`; do echo $i; echo ---; export LC_ALL=C; smbclient -N -L $i 2 /dev/null | grep Printer; echo; done ) works. I tried it on the large network which caused these original complaints and it did successfully find smb print servers on my subnet without bugging me for passwords. I think it should be tested by some people on smaller home/office networks so that we can make sure it detects what it should (because I don't know for sure that it found everything that it should have on here) Hopefully this will be fixed soon, there are about 30 Ubuntu users on our campus that are constantly asking me about the status of this -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
@Till your command line don't work for me because : Patrice == 192.168.1.103 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ smbclient -N -L 192.168.1.103 session request to 192.168.1.103 failed (Called name not present) session request to 192 failed (Called name not present) session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Called name not present) I had to replace IP by netbios name : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ smbclient -N -L Patrice Sharename Type Comment - --- C Disk D Disk PRINTER$Disk HP 1120C A3 Printer GRAVEUR Disk LECTEUR CD Disk APIBAT Disk SLI Disk SISPRO Disk ECODIAL3Disk ECOBAT Disk IPC$IPC Remote Inter Process Communication Server Comment ---- WorkgroupMaster ---- We do not have name server/samba server. -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
So we should use a command line based on Netbios names and not on IPs, like this one for i in `export LC_ALL=C; findsmb 2 /dev/null | egrep '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | tr -s | cut -f2 -d ' ' | uniq | sort`; do echo $i; echo ---; export LC_ALL=C; smbclient -N -L $i 2 /dev/null | grep Printer; echo; done to reliably find all printer shares? Have you servers who require a password to list their shares? If so, are these servers correctky skipped and is the search continued on the next server? -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
gnome-cups-manager is not maintained upstream any more, it is about to be replaced in Edgy+1. See https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/printerdrake To improve the scan for SMB/Windows printers in printerdrake (or any other tool) please cut and paste the following long command line (1 line) into a terminal to execute it (Samba client must be installed): for i in `export LC_ALL=C; nmblookup \* 2 /dev/null | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | egrep '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | uniq | sort`; do echo $i; echo ---; export LC_ALL=C; smbclient -N -L $i 2 /dev/null | grep Printer; echo; done Please tell: - Are all your printer shares (at least the ones which do not need authentication for being listed) shown? - Are you asked for a password? - How big is your network (# of computers, Samba/Windows servers, network printers)? - How long does above-mentioned command need to finish? Suggestions to improve the command are welcome. ** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Needs Info -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
@Till Kamppeter Please don't use nmblookup in your long command line because in my case it don't work at all to find Name of clients. findsmb has to be used instead of nmblookup In my case, simple windows98se clients sharing printers -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
So for you for i in `export LC_ALL=C; findnmb 2 /dev/null | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | egrep '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | uniq | sort`; do echo $i; echo ---; export LC_ALL=C; smbclient -N -L $i 2 /dev/null | grep Printer; echo; done works? -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
Sorry, s/findnmb/findsmb/: for i in `export LC_ALL=C; findsmb 2 /dev/null | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | egrep '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | uniq | sort`; do echo $i; echo ---; export LC_ALL=C; smbclient -N -L $i 2 /dev/null | grep Printer; echo; done Does this work for you? You really do not get asked for a password and machines who require a password already for listing there printers/shares get silently skipped? -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
I'll test that out once I get to campus in a couple of hours -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
@Till i suggest : for i in `export LC_ALL=C; findsmb 2 /dev/null | egrep '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | tr -s | cut -f2 -d ' ' | uniq | sort`; do echo $i; echo ---; export LC_ALL=C; smbclient -N -L $i 2 /dev/null | grep Printer; echo; done result : PATRICE --- HP 1120C A3 Printer SATORI --- print$ Disk Printer Drivers SECRETAIRE --- EPSON5700 Printer Satori is the notebook where i execute command -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
Below is the output from running it on my home laptop. 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.10 are linux machines with samba installed, but no actual printers shared. The real test will be when I'm on campus. -- 192.168.0.1 --- print$ Disk Printer Drivers lp Printer Generic dot-matrix printer entry 192.168.0.10 --- print$ Disk Printer Drivers lp Printer Generic dot-matrix printer entry 192.168.0.115 --- print$ Disk Printer Drivers 192.168.0.116 --- hppsc1350 Printer hp psc 1300 series print$ Disk Printer Drivers 192.168.0.120 --- print$ Disk Printer Drivers PSC-1310Printer psc1310 DeskJet-842CPrinter Deskjet 842C -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
On campus I tried the last two command strings suggested. The output is posted below. I needed to break the second one because it stopped giving output after the first few lines --- begin output [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ for i in `export LC_ALL=C; findsmb 2 /dev/null | egrep '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | tr -s | cut -f2 -d ' ' | uniq | sort`; do echo $i; echo ---; export LC_ALL=C; smbclient -N -L $i 2 /dev/null | grep Printer; echo; done COLUMBIA --- KSY --- UNDERARMOUR --- print$ Disk Printer Drivers Printer Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer unknown --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ for i in `export LC_ALL=C; findsmb 2 /dev/null | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | egrep '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | uniq | sort`; do echo $i; echo ---; export LC_ALL=C; smbclient -N -L $i 2 /dev/null | grep Printer; echo; done 10.254.254.253 --- -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
This bug is still present in edgy. I upgraded gnome-cups-manager and its dependencies from the edgy repos and it still acts exactly the same. I'm having a hard time navigating the gnome bug tracker and locating anything relevant to this. I have not reported it as upstream because I haven't tested this on another distro. If someone can please test this on another distro and help browse the gnome bugtracker for relevant info, please do. -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
Confirm. Sat there for three minutes mashing ESC... -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
When it scans, it should simply not pop up any authentication windows (I do so in printerdrake in Mandriva). If it cannot obtain info (list of available printer shares) from a server without any authentication, it should skip the server. It can still ask for authentication if the user chooses one printer share from the scan result to set up a queue for it. So scanning can be still used when listing of resources is allowed by anonymous users but not printing. Or one only shows the server name (without printer share names) when a server needs authentication for listing of resources. Then the authentication is only popped up when the user chooses this server name as destination for his print queue. After that a list of the printing resources of this server could be shown, for the user choosing the real destination. -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
At the suggestion of Michael Vogt, I looked through the gnome bugzilla for this bug for about 15 minutes, to see if perhaps this is an upstream problem. I cannot find anything related, but I am also not familiar with the gnome bugtracker at all. If anyone more familiar with gnome territory would like to take a look around, please do. Just the same, if anyone else is running another distribution and can test this to check for this bug's presence, please do that. -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Ross Burton -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 58403] Re: adding smb printer difficult on large networks
I can confirm this. ** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed = Confirmed -- adding smb printer difficult on large networks https://launchpad.net/bugs/58403 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
