Error "failed to construct printer info level 7" when connecting to print queues after updating Samba from 3.6.9 to 3.6.23

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Issue

  • We have a printing environment consisting of a CUPS servers, and the printers shared to clients via Samba.
  • After updating Samba from 3.6.9 to 3.6.23, clients can no longer access the printer shares, and the following errors appear on the server:
[2014/11/16 23:56:27.128529,  0] printing/nt_printing_ads.c:116(nt_printer_guid_get)
  Failed to get GUID for printer <printername>
[2014/11/16 23:56:27.128810,  0] rpc_server/spoolss/srv_spoolss_nt.c:4854(_spoolss_GetPrinter)
  _spoolss_GetPrinter: failed to construct printer info level 7 - WERR_BADFILE

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • CUPS
  • Samba 3.6.23

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