[Samba] Distributing custom driver config in TDB files

[Joanna Chan (joachan)]

Hi,

Is there a way to populate customized settings of the drivers (printing
related TDB files) from one Print Server to another?

Here is the background:
I am working on centralized driver distribution.  Besides pushing all
the drivers from a central location to the edges, the administrator
should also be allowed to customize the drivers settings and the
distribution should send those customizations to the edges.

I understand those settings are stored in the TDB files (ntprinters.tdb,
ntforms.tdb, etc).  The HOW-TO guide shows how to initialize the valid
Device Mode.  I wonder if there is any programmatically way to clone
those valid settings to all the edges.

Also, besides 'tdbdump' and 'tdbbackup', are there other tools to manage
the TDB files?

I'm developing on Linux using Samba 3.0.14a.

Any suggestions are highly appreciated, thanks.
Joanna Chan