[Samba] Restrict access to printers

[Christian Barth]

> When I say it doesn't work, the printer is working fine. Unfortunately,
> everyone can print to it, even those users not in the group grp1.
> 
> Regards Paul.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerald Carter [mailto:jerry at samba.org]
> Sent: 19 April 2002 14:56
> To: Paul McAtasney
> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Restrict access to printers
> 
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Paul McAtasney wrote:
> 
> > I'm running samba 2.2.3a and want to add a printer so that it can only be
> > used by certain users (or groups of users). This is the entry in the
> > smb.conf file
> >
> > [floor2]
> >         comment = Printer 2nd Floor
> >         path = /var/spool/samba
> >         printable = Yes
> >         use client driver = Yes
> >         valid users = @grp1
> >         write list = @grp1
> >         force group = grp1

What happens if you remove the "force group" line?

Christian

> >         public = no
> >
> > However, this doesn't appear to work. Can anyone enlighten me as to what's
> > wrong?
> 
> Does work in what way?  Any error messages?  Have you looked at a level 10
> debug log?  Any errors there?
> 
> 
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> 
> cheers, jerry
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