[Kde-print-devel] [Bug 141456] New: Samba Printing Special Characters in password cause breakage on reboot

[morgajel]

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           Summary: Samba Printing Special Characters in password cause
                    breakage on reboot
           Product: kcontrol
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: kcmprintmgr
        AssignedTo: kde-print-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: kdebugs morgajel com


Version:           3.5.5 (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

This is similar sounding to bug #28807 in kde 2.2.0.

Situation:
Windows admins require printing to be performed via samba.

Creating a printer using SMB works fine... until you reboot. My password contains several special characters (I believe ! or @ are the troublemakers). once rebooted, the kde print module doesn't display the ! nor any of the URI after the  , resulting in an unusable printer and requiring me to recreate the printer every time I reboot (this is a laptop I take home ever night, so it's a pain).

Another issue entirely is displaying my password in the device URI in the info tab for the printer- That's pretty bad for other reasons, but may or may not be related to my issue.  I think the password is not being properly escaped somewhere along the line.