On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > John H Terpstra wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > > > > > >>Kurt Pfeifle wrote: > >> > >>>>[Samba] adding printers from netlogon script > >>>>Andrew Gaffney agaffney at technaut.darktalker.net > >>>>Tue Dec 9 20:10:07 GMT 2003 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>While this doesn't relate specifically to Samba, I need to do this in > >>>>a netlogon .bat file in a Samba domain. In my network, I have a > >>>>printer hooked to a JetDirect so that it is a TCP/IP printer. Is there > >>>>a way I can automatically have this printer mapped/added when the user > >>>>is logged on? > >>>> > >>> > >>>Test this command from a "DOS box": > >>> > >>> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n > >>>\\printerserver\printersharename > >>> > >>>If it works, it can go into the logon script. (Of course "printersharename" > >>>needs to exist on "printerserver" and must have printer driver deposited on > >>>the server's [print$]-share for "point'n'print" download...). And: > >>> > >>> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntriy /? > >>> > >>>will show up a full "man page" (hehe...) > >>> > >>>See also > >>> > >>> http://de.samba.org/samba/docs/man/printing.html#id2931140 > >> > >>I used the above and some other references and pieced togethere a few commands to > >>auto-map > >>network printers at logon: > >> > >>REM rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ia /m "Ricoh Aficio 200/250 PCL" /h "Intel" > >>/v > >>"Windows 2000" /f %windir%\inf\ntprint.inf > >>rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /if /b "Hallway Printer" /f > >>%windir%\inf\ntprint.inf /r > >>"\\skyline\jetdirect" /m "Ricoh Aficio 200/250 PCL" > >> > >>These work just fine...as long as the user is an administrator. If the user > >>logging on is > >>a regular user, which most are, it give me "Access denied" when trying to map the > >>printer, > >>on the same computer. These commands are being run from the netlogon.bat script > >>that runs > >>at logon. Am I missing something? > > > > > > Indeed you are. Windows NT/200x/XP requires you to explicitly give the > > user the rights to make changes. If I am not mistaken, you can get around > > this by adding the Domain Users group to the Local Power Users group on > > each workstation. > > What rights does a normal user have by default? Can they map a network drive?
Default rights do not permit the user to change any system settings, not even the time. Once logged in an authenticated network user can map a drive if he/she has access to the target resouce. Since printers require installation of driver files, this is not permitted by default user settings. - John T. -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
