> I have a multi-user Linux box in a mostly Windows NT/2000 shop. Theoffice > printer is available only via SMB (hosted by a Win2000 box) and access is > restricted to valid users in the local NT domain. There is no "global" or > "print" user/password. I saw this post from 2003... any action since then? I'm in a similar boat, but a little bit worse: in my lab, we have to pay for printing, and I don't want everybody's. How can I let individual users connect to SMB-shared printers (not under my administrative control) using their own uname/passwd? #!/jon -- Jonathan Anderson jonathan.anderson@ieee.org
Jonathan Anderson skrev:> > I have a multi-user Linux box in a mostly Windows NT/2000 shop. The > office > > printer is available only via SMB (hosted by a Win2000 box) and > access is > > restricted to valid users in the local NT domain. There is no > "global" or > > "print" user/password. > > I saw this post from 2003... any action since then? > > I'm in a similar boat, but a little bit worse: in my lab, we have to > pay for printing, and I don't want everybody's. How can I let > individual users connect to SMB-shared printers (not under my > administrative control) using their own uname/passwd? > > > #!/jon >Hi Jonathan Do You have ipp printing installed on your windows server? If so you should be able to use the windows server as ipp server specified in /etc/cups/client.conf -- Venlig Hilsen (Best Regards) stud. med. Rune T?nnesen