[Samba] CUPS and Samba4

Marc Muehlfeld mmuehlfeld at samba.org
Wed Dec 31 06:01:56 MST 2014


Hello Lars,

Am 30.12.2014 um 23:04 schrieb Lars Hanke:
> I'm going to migrate my old CUPS server to a new setup. It shall provide
> the printing backend for Samba4 and should integrate as seamless as
> possible. Both Windows and Linux users should not require additional
> passwords, but should be authenticated by their Kerberos tickets.
> 
> Is there anything particular to consider? E.g. has the CUPS server to be
> joined to the AD and should it run a Samba instance of its own? Or is it
> possible to have the DC delegate jobs to the CUPS server? Are there best
> practices?


https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_as_a_print_server


For Windows:
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Configuring_Point_n_Click_Automatic_Printer_Driver_Deployment


For Linux I don't know a ways for automatic printer driver deployment.


Regards,
Marc




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