On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Tom Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it possible to connect to an AD printer, using the AD share name, when > the user does not have an account in AD?
As near as I've been able to determine (with a Win 2000 forest, anyway), all AD does is publish a "link" to the traditional NTLM SMB printer share. Clients can use AD to find printers easier, but the actual mechanics of connecting to a printer are still done using the same old NTLM SMB protocol that NT4 used. So, given that, connecting to "\\server\printer" should work the same way it always has. Accounts/permissions may be an issue. Depending on what flavor of Windows you have, the server may not want to allow somebody without an account to print to your printers. Tweaking may be required. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
