[Samba] Restrict access to printers

Gerald Carter jerry at samba.org
Fri Apr 19 06:56:05 GMT 2002


On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Dirk Allaert wrote:

> [floor2]
> printer = floor2
> printable = yes
> ...
> 
> would probably be an improvement.
> path=/var/spool/samba means you are sharing the directory !

No.  The "printable" parameter (or "print ok") defines the service as a 
printer.  The path in this case points to the directory used for storing 
spooled print jobs sent from the client.






cheers, jerry
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