What is the best way to back out the samba update that came through on 
11/16?

Owen Beckley wrote:
> My users just noticed today that the "double-sided" setting for their 
> printers will no longer stay saved. All of our printers are spooled 
> using cups through samba on SL 4.5 from WinXP clients.
> 
> There was a samba update on 11/16 to version 3.0.25b-1.el4.2. Has anyone 
> else noticed any problems.
> 
> Here are some more details...
> 
> On WinXP, if you go into Start->"Printers and Faxes", right-click on a 
> printer, and choose "Properties" you're provided a dialog that lets you 
> set the default properties of your printer for all applications. For 
> most 2-sided capable printers, you need to first tell the driver that 
> you have a duplex (double-sided) option installed. Then you go the the 
> "General" tab, click on "Printing Preferences" and on a new dialog, you 
> say that you want printing on both sides. If I click on "Flip on Long 
> Edge" the dialog will show that two-sided printing is now set up. 
> Clicking on "Apply" and the "OK" eventually gets me out of the dialogs. 
> If I go back into "Properties" for that same printer again, the "Flip on 
> Long Edge" option is no longer chosen and the setting is back on "None".
> 
> At first I wanted to blame a WinXP update for the problem. To show 
> whether or not WinXP was at fault, I added one of the printers 
> "directly" to a TCP port bypassing the samba (or any other) server. When 
> I change the printing preferences on that printer, the "Flip on Long 
> Edge" attribute stays selected.
> 
> Any help would be truly appreciated.
> 

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Owen Beckley
Clarity Communication Systems