samba - Sep 2003 - Automatic selection pf printers

Hi List,

We have a large (6500 desktops) network distributed over a few dozen 
sites.  The clients are (almost) all Windows95 and WinXP.  We currently 
use Netware as our network operating system, and are looking at the 
possibility of moving to (Samba on) Linux to provide file and print 
services.

One of the nice things about Novell NDS is that you can specify 
printers that are available to certain PCs regardless of who logs into 
them (no point in a user logging in at a remote site and being attached 
to printers back in his office, several miles away).  In other words, 
printers are attached to PCs, whereas drive-mappings are attached to 
users.

I can see how to use Samba to control access to directories, but I 
can't see an obvious way to manage the printers.  Is it possible to do 
this, other than by setting up each desktop by hand?

Suggestions to RTFM (with a pointer to the relevant part of TFM) would 
be much appreciated. :)

Thanks,
-- 
Richard Heggs
Systems Analyst
City of Nottingham Council

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On Wednesday 03 September 2003 14:38, Richard Heggs
wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> We have a large (6500 desktops) network distributed over a few dozen
> sites.  The clients are (almost) all Windows95 and WinXP.  We currently
> use Netware as our network operating system, and are looking at the
> possibility of moving to (Samba on) Linux to provide file and print
> services.
>
> One of the nice things about Novell NDS is that you can specify
> printers that are available to certain PCs regardless of who logs into
> them (no point in a user logging in at a remote site and being attached
> to printers back in his office, several miles away).  In other words,
> printers are attached to PCs, whereas drive-mappings are attached to
> users.
>
> I can see how to use Samba to control access to directories, but I
> can't see an obvious way to manage the printers.  Is it possible to do
> this, other than by setting up each desktop by hand?
>
> Suggestions to RTFM (with a pointer to the relevant part of TFM) would
> be much appreciated. :)
>
> Thanks,
> --
See : 
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Win2000/Q_20630192.html 
You could make a logonscript for machines , like
logon script = %m.bat
which defines the printers to use for the machine
from which is called a %U.bat for user specific settings.
See allso http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBM/tip6000/rh6065.htm
for a nifty utility (free) to add printers from a script.
This exec could reside allso on the server from which it is
called by the machine login script to add the printers with
the appropriate options.

 
WB
> Richard Heggs
> Systems Analyst
> City of Nottingham Council
>
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