samba - Jul 2002 - Restricting Access to Samba Shared Printers?

Is it possible (and if so, how) within Samba to restrict printers to be 
using by only certain users/groups?  We have a printer dedicated to 
printing our checks that was using one of those '4 PCs -> 1 printer' 
devices.  We've been constantly having problems with transmissions 
getting garbled when using the printer sharer (everything's fine if a PC 
is directly connected), and with Samba running like a top, I'd rather 
move it to the network.

We're using version 2.2.4 of Samba.

Thanks,

Ken McCord
MIS Manager
A.C. Coin and Slot

Generally, I think the answer is "yes" :). 

The smb.conf doc file gives the following example of a printer share:

[aprinter]
path = /usr/spool/public
writeable = false
printable = true
guest ok = true


I would try changing this to the following as an example of allowing only
certain users/groups:

[aprinter]
path = /usr/spool/public
writeable = false
printable = true
guest ok = false
valid users = you, me, @their_group, @our_group


You'll have to test that, though - I don't have the time myself :). 
This
example assumes, of course, that all of your users/groups are set up
properly..  


Hope it works,
-tom klopf
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Ken McCord [mailto:ken@themccords.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:24 AM
To: samba@lists.samba.org
Subject: [Samba] Restricting Access to Samba Shared Printers?

Is it possible (and if so, how) within Samba to restrict printers to be 
using by only certain users/groups?  We have a printer dedicated to 
printing our checks that was using one of those '4 PCs -> 1 printer' 
devices.  We've been constantly having problems with transmissions 
getting garbled when using the printer sharer (everything's fine if a PC 
is directly connected), and with Samba running like a top, I'd rather 
move it to the network.

We're using version 2.2.4 of Samba.

Thanks,

Ken McCord
MIS Manager
A.C. Coin and Slot


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