[Samba] samba to respect cups-ACLs?

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Thu Jan 11 16:56:22 GMT 2007


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Ingo Steuwer wrote:
> Hello
> 
> since newer versions (1.2) the cups-libs can inteprete 
> the printer-ACLs in a  way that a user only gets printers
> listed he is allowed to use.
> 
> Samba is "bypassing" that by talking to Cups as root, not as 
> the user who is actually printing. Is there a way to avoid that?

Not currently.

> Windows has it's own level of access rules for printers 
> (like for  filesystems), is there a way to use them with
> samba? Even a privileged user ("admin users" and "printer admin"
> in 3.0.23d) isn't allowed to change them.

manipulating security descriptors on printers works fine for me.




cheers, jerry

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