[ubuntu-uk] Samba as Print Server - 6000 users :-)

[Rob Beard]

Cornelius Mostert wrote:
>> Have you tried adding all users on the domain as admins on the local
>> machine? might be worth a shot, printing works for me and this is what I
>> have done.
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> Ummm I have +- 6000 users on the domain (not all logged in at any
> given time though) so it will be a BIG job to try and do that, I would
> prefer NOT to make all these users Admins on this PC
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> - I also have 3 other printers shared the same way as this one so I
> then might have to repeat this 3 more times...
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Can I just check, why exactly are you using Cups?  Is it for centralized 
administration on one server?

Have you also checked under the Security properties on the printer on 
Windows XP?

Although my other half's PC isn't on a domain (I can check one on a 
domain later), if I check the properties of her printer it has the 
following permissions on the printer:

Administrators (XPDESKTOP\Administrators) can Print, Manage Printers and 
Manage Documents.
CREATOR OWNER (as far as I know the user creating the document) can 
Manage Documents.
Everyone can Print
Power Users (XPDESKTOP\Power Users) can Print, Manage Printers.

I'm just thinking maybe on a domain you might need to add something like 
DOMAIN\domain users to the machine and give them permissions to print, 
that way they'll be able to at least print and manage their own documents.

I'll check at work later though and see how their printers are configured.

Rob