[Samba] Re: printer admin deprecated: please explain

[Ryan Novosielski]

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Yeah, but you can assign privileges to groups also. Check out the
following relevant commands:

net groupmap
net rpc rights

You can do things exactly the way you had been, just via different
framework.

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Franz Pfoertsch wrote:
> Ryan Novosielski wrote:
> 
>> Franz Pfoertsch wrote:
>>> I am Running a printserver using SLES9 SP3 with Samba 3.0.20b and
>>> cups 1.1.20
> I filled in a windows group, I haven't a special user, I have a special
> Windows-Group.
> 
> 
>         winbind separator = +
>         printer admin = @BROSE+COB_CUPS_Printer_Admin 
> 
> 
> regards
> Franz
> 
> 
>>> Since the update to Samba 3.0.20 every start of a client program tells me
>>> WARNING: The "printer admin" option is deprecated
>>>
>>> Ok, I understood I should use
>>>
>>>  net rpc rights grant "<User or Group>" SePrintOperatorPrivilege -U ..
>>>
>>> But I haven't any adminuser to grant this rights.
>>>
>>> In my environment I put the machine into the AD by
>>>  kinit <UserWithPermissionsToJoinIntoTheDomain>@<DOMAIN>
>>>  net ads join -> joined
>>>
>>> and all permission granted by the "printer admin" option.
>>>
>>> Is there any other way to get SePrintOperator without a other strong
>>> user?
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Franz
>>>   
>> How can you not have an admin user -- who do you have defined under
>> "printer admin"? Or were you not using this definition at all and that
>> is a spurious error message? If you ARE using printer admin = someone,
>> then you'd just grant the rights to that same user.
>>
> 
> 
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