Trent Murray
2013-Jan-15 09:16 UTC
[Samba] How do I allow domain users to add printers which are shared from other servers & desktops without having to give everyone domain admin privileges??
Hi all, In Sum My Question is: How do I allow domain users to add printers which are shared from other servers & desktops without having to give everyone domain admin privileges?? *** BACKGROUND *** 1. I have set up SAMBA 3.6.3 as a domain controller with roaming profiles on an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server. 2. Users can login, roam the office and have proper access to shares, however they can not change their wallpaper or most importantly CANNOT add printers which are shared by two other (non-linux/samba) machines. 3. When users try to connect / install printers which are shared from other machines such as the office 2008 server (server2) they receive a message stating that they do not have permission to install the printer. 4. I did have this this working okay on the old SAMBA server before it crashed but i cant remember what the hell I did to allow users to be able to install printers. :P 5. The only way I can now allow local users to add printers now is to add them to the Domain Admin group by: # net groupmap add ntgroup="Domain Admins" unixgroup=domadms rid=512 type=d ...but of course this comes with its own problems. Now all users have access to every share and can there is no security. So my question again is: How do configure SAMBA to allow windows domain users to add printers which are shared from other servers & desktops without having to give everyone domain admin privileges? Thanks again everyone for your help! Cheers Trent