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. > -- Owen Beckley Clarity Communication Systems