[Samba] RSAT Print Management won't show shared printers under the "Printers" section

[Thomas Keppler]

Hi Marc,

thank you for your quick reply. Here are my results so far:

> Does this also happen on Win 8.1 or 10? Please try, if you did not already.
It actually works like it should on Windows 8.1. I can manage the printers here like I should be able to from Windows 7.
But, even after configuration from Windows 8.1, it doesn't appear on Windows 7. Yet, Windows 7 is my target platform.
Couldn't check Windows 10 as it refused to cooperate with me today. Was always stuck on updates and the RSAT link is broken, given up on that.

> Do the clients have all available updates applied?
Yup.

> Can you temporarily try it without spoolssd (remove the two lines).
I had it running the longest times without those lines and it didn't work. Taking them out or putting them in unfortunately doesn't change a thing.

> Can you try it with the following [printers] section:
Tried it, but still doesn't work.

> Can you disable automatic printer sharing and manually share
> one of the printers?
I've shared one of the printers manually. While it works great (shown in Explorer, shown in the "Ports" section of Print Management), I can still not see the printer in the "Printers" section of Print Management.

What I forgot to include yesterday was a log on level 3 of what I was seeing on the printserver when I refresh the "Printers" section in Print Management (on Windows 7), here it is:
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==> /var/log/samba/smbd.log.14 <==
[2017/10/07 23:26:55.763928,  2] ../source3/printing/spoolssd.c:459(spoolss_handle_client)
  Spoolss preforked child 1002 got client connection!
[2017/10/07 23:26:55.764894,  3] ../source3/rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:733(api_pipe_bind_req)
  api_pipe_bind_req: spoolss -> spoolss rpc service
[2017/10/07 23:26:55.764919,  3] ../source3/rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:356(check_bind_req)
  check_bind_req for spoolss context_id=0
[2017/10/07 23:26:55.764928,  3] ../source3/rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:399(check_bind_req)
  check_bind_req: spoolss -> spoolss rpc service
[2017/10/07 23:26:55.765600,  3] ../source3/rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:1455(api_rpcTNP)
  api_rpcTNP: rpc command: SPOOLSS_ENUMPRINTERDRIVERS
[2017/10/07 23:26:55.773494,  2] ../source3/rpc_server/rpc_server.c:537(named_pipe_packet_process)
  Fatal error(NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_DISCONNECTED). Terminating client(192.168.0.1) connection!
[2017/10/07 23:26:55.790581,  2] ../source3/printing/spoolssd.c:459(spoolss_handle_client)
  Spoolss preforked child 1002 got client connection!
[2017/10/07 23:26:55.791580,  3] ../source3/rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:733(api_pipe_bind_req)
  api_pipe_bind_req: spoolss -> spoolss rpc service
[2017/10/07 23:26:55.791601,  3] ../source3/rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:356(check_bind_req)
  check_bind_req for spoolss context_id=0
[2017/10/07 23:26:55.791609,  3] ../source3/rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:399(check_bind_req)
  check_bind_req: spoolss -> spoolss rpc service
[2017/10/07 23:26:55.793046,  3] ../source3/rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:1455(api_rpcTNP)
  api_rpcTNP: rpc command: SPOOLSS_ENUMPRINTERDRIVERS
[2017/10/07 23:26:55.805135,  2] ../source3/rpc_server/rpc_server.c:537(named_pipe_packet_process)
  Fatal error(NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_DISCONNECTED). Terminating client(192.168.0.1) connection!
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Best regards
Thomas