I think the trick is that on NT the user has to be a local administrator for that machine (not the domain). On NT a common user can not install a print driver (no matter where it's being installed from), this requires admin privileges - I believe there is a local printer admin too, if you don't want to give users full admin access to their machine. If the driver is installed, then the user can - of course - map to that printer.
Thomas On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 12:13, Peter Carpenter wrote: > The printer "install" feature works here with NT workstations and Samba > 2.2.6 as the server. Samba is not the PDC but I don't see why that should > matter. Have you uploaded the NT printer drivers as well as the W2K drivers? > > PCC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nicki Messerschmidt, Linksystem Muenchen GmbH > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 06 March, 2003 5:25 PM > To: Jesko Schneider; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Samba] installing printerdriver without being admin under > NT > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jesko Schneider wrote: > > i have NT and Windows 2000 Client served by a Samba PDC. This PDC is > > also CUPS-Printingserver. Now i up loaded the windows printing driver > > to the Samba-server into the print$ share. > > Under Windows 2000 i can download/install the driver with every > > PDC-account by clicking on the printershare, under Windows NT i need > > to be in the local administration group. > > Is there any possiblity to it under NT , which will give me the same > > opportunity like win2000 ? ( = download/install the driver with every > > PDC-account without being in the local admin group ???) > As far as I rember this is not possible, because in Windows NT 4 the > printer drivers are still kernel space und no normal user account has > the permissions to install printer drivers. In Windows 2000 this > "bug/feature" has been circumvented by moving the printer drivers to > user space... > I think want you want is not possible, but I may be way off mark her... > *g* > > > Cheers > Nicki > > - -- > Linksystem Muenchen GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Schloerstrasse 10 http://www.link-m.de > 80634 Muenchen Tel. 089 / 890 518-0 > We make the Net work. Fax 089 / 890 518-77 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> > Comment: Keys at: https://www.link-m.de/pgp > > iQA/AwUBPmd2Y+s1nPm17iBDEQKanwCfWRRW3r2vHhEEx9/SkMKhxC+6COMAnAjr > lpaQvRmAe5h5duoD5NnnARH3 > =FuI6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
