Paul Cunningham wrote:
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> Lars Tunkrans wrote:
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>> Its more diffucult to see how this would work in a workstation
>> environment .
>> You want to get a printer assigned dependent on which workstation you
>> logged in on and not dependeing on you username - which you can get
>> from NIS or LDAP.
>> It will need som kind of central repository where a list will be kept
>> Workstation name - closeset printer
>> Maybe you should be thinking of extending Sun Desktop Manager- APOC
>> for this.
>>
>
> This is where greater use of the LDAP nameservice/configuration database
> would come into play ....
>
> Workstation, printers, domains, locations, etc., would be configured in
> LDAP, then when a user logged in on workstation x some startup service
> would look up the nearest printer for the user's requirements (eg. A4,
> colour, duplex, stapling) and set that as the current session default.
> Simple!
This is one way of utilising the information to make user's life
easier :)
-Ghee
