[Samba] Point&print problem: printer names show the ip, not the server name.

[Ryan Suarez]

I had the same issues after upgrading and recieved messages that it is a 
bug with samba versions 3.0.6 and 3.0.7

pmsr at myrealbox.com wrote:

>   Hello,
>
>   i have this strange problem with printing and server naming after upgrading a server from 
>RH9 (running Samba 3.0.3 ) to Fedora Core 1 (3.0.7-2.FC1). Everything was working before 
>the upgrade, but i immediately started noticing some peculiarities after restoring the samba 
>files (/etc/samba, /var/cache/samba) and starting samba. The problem manifests by the 
>following:
>
>- when i double click on a workstation printer created using point&print, the header of the 
>window shows the ip number of the server instead of the server name. The printer 
>description on the local printers&faxes folder is right, though: ex: "laser on jimmy".
>
>- creating a new printer using point&print, the new printer gets a description as "laser on 
>192.168.2.19" (using the ip number, not the server name).
>
>- If i am not validated on the domain, but just login to the server, accessing the shared 
>printers directly asks me again for the username and password, and if i use the net use 
>command, i notice that i am mapped to both \\server\ipc$ and \\192.168.2.19\ipc$ 
>
>In all cases, point&print seems to be messed up to the point it can't install new printer drivers 
>unless the drivers are already installed locally. Since i changed the dns domain name of the 
>server, i first looked at the possibility of a dns configuration problem, but after looking 
>everywhere i am stumped. 
>
>Any ideas?
>
>
>
>A portion of my smb.conf:
>
>[global]
>        workgroup = WORKGROUP
>        server string = JIMMY File Server
>        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>        passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n 
>*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
>        unix password sync = Yes
>        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>        max log size = 0
>        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>        logon script = netlogon.bat
>        logon path = \\%L\%U\profile
>        logon drive = u:
>        domain logons = Yes
>        preferred master = Yes
>        domain master = Yes
>        dns proxy = No
>        wins support = Yes
>        printer admin = @ntadmin
>        hosts allow = 192.168.2., 1.0.0., 127.
>        cups options = raw
>
>[printers]
>        comment = All Printers
>        path = /var/spool/samba
>        create mask = 0600
>        guest ok = Yes
>        printable = Yes
>        browseable = No
>
>[print$]
>        comment = Printer Drivers
>        path = /etc/samba/drivers
>        write list = @ntadmin, root
>        force group = ntadmin
>        create mask = 0664
>        directory mask = 0775
>        guest ok = Yes
>
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Pedro
>
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