I am also trying to manage permissions on hundreds of printers but I get the error:
Error! An Exception has been caught
when I execute
$Dir = new Win32::Perms( 'printer://server-print/print-01' ) || die;
Any ideas about why this is happening? I have administrative privileges on the printer.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rick Coloccia
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: 3/25/02 7:43 AM
>Subject: Problem with Win32 Perms...
>
>Everyone,
>
>I have 275 print queues that I need to manipulate. I need to give a
>user full control over the queue.
>
>Wanting to script this in some way, I've come up with this:
>
>
>
>use Win32::Perms;
>
># Create a new Security Descriptor and auto import permissions from the
>queue $Dir = new Win32::Perms( 'printer://hera/testperm' ) || die;
>
># Add an ACE
>$Dir->Add('helpdesk',FULL); >
># Set the permissions (no need to specify the path since the object was
>created with it) $Dir->Set();
>
># If you are curious about the contents of the SD
># dump the contents to STDOUT
>
>$Dir->Dump;
>
>
>This gets me half way there, when I check the permissions on the
>printer, the user, helpdesk, now has print and manage printers, but not
>the manage documents permission.
>
>Does anyone know what I may need to do to get that permission as well?
>
>
>Here's something I've observed:
>
>Users which do have manage documents have 2 entries in the ACL, while
>the code I ran gives helpdesk only 1 entry:
>
>Descretionary ACL:
>Index Account Mask Type
>Flag
>----- ---------------------------------------- ---------- ----------
>----------
> 0 BUILTIN\Administrators 0x000f000c Allow
>0x00000000
> 1 BUILTIN\Administrators 0x000f0010 Allow
>0x00000009
> 2 CREATOR OWNER 0x00020000 Allow
>0x0000000a
> 3 CREATOR OWNER 0x000f0010 Allow
>0x00000009
> 4 Everyone 0x00020008 Allow
>0x00000000
> 5 0x000f000c Allow
>0x00000000
> 6 0x000f0010 Allow
>0x00000009
> 7 0x000f000c Allow
>0x00000000
> 8 0x000f0010 Allow
>0x00000009
> 9 GENESEO\helpdesk 0x000f000c Allow
>0x00000002
>
>
>
>I guess I'm asking how to grant the mask 0x00f0010 to the documents, as
>well as the 0x00f00c to the printer, which I can grant with the mask
>"FULL."
>
>Thanks, everyone!
>
>-Rick
= Ted =
