hello everyone. i am running into an issue where xp pro clients must have local admin rights to be able to install a samba printer. the actual error message is: A policy is in effect on your computer which prevents you from connecting to this print queue. Please contact your System Administrator. well, i am the system administrator and am not sure where to go next. i am able to install the printer if i have local admin privileges on the windows xp host, but this wont scale very well. i have created a print package using mkprintpkg.pl and the instructions at: http://us2.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/htmldocs/printer_driver2.html but still have the same problem. maybe i've missed some documentation? or someone can help explain where/if i've gone wrong. the linux box can print fine to the printer and my smb.conf looks like this: [printers] comment = CompassAI Printers path = /var/spool/lpd/samba browseable = no public = yes guest ok = yes read only = yes printable = yes printer admin = root, jon [print$] comment = Print Drivers path = /etc/samba/drivers browseable = yes guest ok = no read only = yes write list = root, jon you help is greatly appreciated. daryl
We ran into this also. We learned that there is a Point and Print Restrictions Policy Setting in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP that may prevent some users from installing the new printers. See this article: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319939 Helen daryl wrote:> hello everyone. i am running into an issue where xp pro clients > must have local admin rights to be able to install a samba printer. > the actual error message is: > > A policy is in effect on your computer which prevents you from > connecting to this print queue. Please contact your System Administrator. > > well, i am the system administrator and am not sure where to go next. > i am able to install the printer if i have local admin privileges on the > windows xp host, but this wont scale very well. i have created a > print package using mkprintpkg.pl and the instructions at: > http://us2.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/htmldocs/printer_driver2.html > but still have the same problem. > > maybe i've missed some documentation? or someone can help explain > where/if i've gone wrong. the linux box can print fine to the printer > and my smb.conf looks like this: > > [printers] > comment = CompassAI Printers > path = /var/spool/lpd/samba > browseable = no > public = yes > guest ok = yes > read only = yes > printable = yes > printer admin = root, jon > > [print$] > comment = Print Drivers > path = /etc/samba/drivers > browseable = yes > guest ok = no > read only = yes > write list = root, jon > > you help is greatly appreciated. > > daryl > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba