Bug 75745 - KDE Printer Wizard unsuccessfully accesses Windows shared printer using guest account option
Summary: KDE Printer Wizard unsuccessfully accesses Windows shared printer using guest...
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 75746
Alias: None
Product: kdeprint
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Goffioul
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Reported: 2004-02-21 01:50 UTC by Logan Rathbone
Modified: 2008-12-31 16:40 UTC (History)
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Description Logan Rathbone 2004-02-21 01:50:28 UTC
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.2.0)
Installed from:    Unlisted Binary Package
Compiler:          gcc 3.3.x 
OS:          Linux

When accessing a Windows XP SMB shared printer from Linux/Samba/KDE, using the "guest account" option does not permit the Linux box to print from the printer.  Checking 127.0.0.1:631 gives an "Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds" error.  However, if I go back and uncheck the "guest account" option, and fill in "guest" as the user name with a blank password, then it works like a charm.

I have also noticed this error in the Gentoo ebuild of KDE 3.2.0.

EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR:  for the Wizard to properly log into the other computer on the network with a guest account.

NOTES:  this problem has been prevalent on all the windows boxes in my house, all of which run XP home.  I have talked to someone else who had this problem, and my fix worked for her.  She was running XP professional.  Both of us had our computers networked using a router, and neither of us had set up passwords for printer sharing on those machines.
Comment 1 Michael Goffioul 2004-02-23 17:17:32 UTC
I'm rather confident that it has the same cause as the following bug #75746
Comment 2 Michael Goffioul 2004-02-23 17:17:57 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75746 ***
Comment 3 John Layt 2008-12-31 16:40:41 UTC
Closing old Resolved status bug.