[Samba] CUPS via SMB with per-user credentials?

Rune Tønnesen rune at tonnesen.org
Sun Jul 30 18:38:04 GMT 2006


Jonathan Anderson skrev:
> > I have a multi-user Linux box in a mostly Windows NT/2000 shop. The 
> office
> > printer is available only via SMB (hosted by a Win2000 box) and 
> access is
> > restricted to valid users in the local NT domain. There is no 
> "global" or
> > "print" user/password.
>
> I saw this post from 2003... any action since then?
>
> I'm in a similar boat, but a little bit worse: in my lab, we have to 
> pay for printing, and I don't want everybody's. How can I let 
> individual users connect to SMB-shared printers (not under my 
> administrative control) using their own uname/passwd?
>
>
> #!/jon
>
Hi Jonathan

Do You have ipp printing installed on your windows server? If so you 
should be able to use the windows server as ipp server specified in 
/etc/cups/client.conf

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stud. med. Rune Tønnesen



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