I carried out a Unix/Samba upgrade at the weekend, and upgraded Samba from 2.2.8
to 3.0.10. The server is acting as a PDC, and WINS server.
Our PCs are running Windows XP Pro SP1. I didn't make any changes to the
PCs. One PC has an old LaserJet4 attached to a parallel port, and it shares
this printer so that four other users can print to it.
This morning, no-one can print to this printer (apart from the PC it's
connected to).
It looks to be a password issue, or possibly some sort of SMB thing. If I try
"NET VIEW XPPC038" (that's the name of the PC that's sharing
the printer) from another PC, it says "System Error 5 has occurred - Access
denied". If I type "NET PRINT \\XPPC038\HPLJ4PLUS" it says
"System Error 1326 has occurred - Logon failure unknown username or bad
password".
I ran "NET STATISTICS SERVER" on the 'serving' PC, and it says
there are 634 password violations.
The Guest account seems to be enabled, and I've checked the permissions on
the printer share so that Everyone has print access. I've re-booted the PC,
and I've stopped/enabled the printer share.
I'm not sure what to do... Could it be something like WINS or Winbindd in
Samba config? i.e. Is it likely to be a server-side problem, or something
that's happened to the PC that's sharing the printer?
