[Samba] Is it normal printer objects in the samba db?

[Denis Cardon]

Hi Denis,

> I have about 400 users and 400 computers. But my samba db has about
> 40000 objects. I think it is so much.
>
> I have watched a lot of printer objects associated with the computer
> name on which they are attached.
>
> Is it normal ? Can I delete all of these printer objects ?

Those printer objects are related to locally configured printer to 
enable printer search in Active Directory. If you don't use printer 
search in Active Directory, then you can delete those objects.

To avoid those objects to come back, you should apply a GPO on computer 
objects to disable "Automatically publish new printers in the Active 
Directory".

Cheers,

Denis

>
>
> Look at this:
>
> ldbsearch -H
> /usr/local/samba/private/sam.ldb.d/DC\=DTCF\,DC\=ETECSA\,DC\=CU.ldb
> 'cn=*Laser*' dn
>
>
> ...
>
> # record 11139
> dn: CN=PC014924-HP LaserJet 400
> 0026344862,CN=PC014924,OU=CTAP,OU=CFG,DC=dtcf,DC=etecsa,DC=cu
>
> # record 11140
> dn: CN=PC014913-HP LaserJet
> Profession0015465899,CN=PC014913,OU=COMPUTERS,OU=CFG,DC=dtcf,DC=etecsa,DC=cu
>
>
> # record 11141
> dn: CN=PC014878-hp LaserJet 1012
> 0024051305,CN=PC014878,OU=OFICINA_COMERCIAL,OU=CTCF,OU=CFG,DC=dtcf,DC=etecsa,DC=cu
>
>
> # returned 11141 records
> # 11141 entries
>

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