[Samba] adding printers from netlogon script

[Andrew Gaffney]

John H Terpstra wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
> 
> 
>>John H Terpstra wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>[Samba] adding printers from netlogon script
>>>>>>Andrew Gaffney agaffney at technaut.darktalker.net
>>>>>>Tue Dec 9 20:10:07 GMT 2003
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>While this doesn't relate specifically to Samba, I need to do this in
>>>>>>a netlogon .bat file in a Samba domain. In my network, I have a
>>>>>>printer hooked to a JetDirect so that it is a TCP/IP printer. Is there
>>>>>>a way I can automatically have this printer mapped/added when the user
>>>>>>is logged on?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Test this command from a "DOS box":
>>>>>
>>>>>  rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n
>>>>>\\printerserver\printersharename
>>>>>
>>>>>If it works, it can go into the logon script. (Of course "printersharename"
>>>>>needs to exist on "printerserver" and must have printer driver deposited on
>>>>>the server's [print$]-share for "point'n'print" download...). And:
>>>>>
>>>>>  rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntriy /?
>>>>>
>>>>>will show up a full "man page" (hehe...)
>>>>>
>>>>>See also
>>>>>
>>>>>  http://de.samba.org/samba/docs/man/printing.html#id2931140
>>>>
>>>>I used the above and some other references and pieced togethere a few commands to auto-map
>>>>network printers at logon:
>>>>
>>>>REM rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ia /m "Ricoh Aficio 200/250 PCL" /h "Intel" /v
>>>>"Windows 2000" /f %windir%\inf\ntprint.inf
>>>>rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /b "Hallway Printer" /f %windir%\inf\ntprint.inf /r
>>>>"\\skyline\jetdirect" /m "Ricoh Aficio 200/250 PCL"
>>>>
>>>>These work just fine...as long as the user is an administrator. If the user logging on is
>>>>a regular user, which most are, it give me "Access denied" when trying to map the printer,
>>>>on the same computer. These commands are being run from the netlogon.bat script that runs
>>>>at logon. Am I missing something?
>>>
>>>
>>>Indeed you are. Windows NT/200x/XP requires you to explicitly give the
>>>user the rights to make changes. If I am not mistaken, you can get around
>>>this by adding the Domain Users group to the Local Power Users group on
>>>each workstation.
>>
>>What rights does a normal user have by default? Can they map a network drive?
> 
> 
> Default rights do not permit the user to change any system settings, not
> even the time.
> 
> Once logged in an authenticated network user can map a drive if he/she has
> access to the target resouce. Since printers require installation of
> driver files, this is not permitted by default user settings.

Is there no way to add printers from a netlogon script without the user being a Power User 
or higher?

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Andrew Gaffney
System Administrator
Skyline Aeronautics, LLC.
776 North Bell Avenue
Chesterfield, MO 63005
636-357-1548