[ale] Upgraded CUPS, network printers no longer working?

[Geoffrey]

Joe Knapka wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> A friend of mine has an FC3 box that's serving an
> HP G85 printer to a couple of Windows boxes. I upgraded
> his CUPS to the latest stable version (1.1.23), and
> the Linux box can print fine, but now the Windows
> machines cannot connect to the printer -- they
> say, "Access denied".
> 
> The printer is being shared via Samba, which hasn't
> been changed. I also tried connecting via IPP,
> with similar results (Windows says, "Cannot connect;
> you may not have permission to access this printer,
> or the server may have lost its connection to the
> printer"). I've added "Allow All" to the CUPS permissions
> for the printer in question, which didn't seem to
> make any difference (even after restarting cups).

Cups would be connecting Samba right?  If there are substantial changes 
to the config file, often times they will insert a new one and backup 
the previous.  Check /etc/smb/smb.conf OR /etc/samba/smb.conf to see if 
you see a backed up version that looks familiar.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey