Joel, Yep! The %U is the variable I needed and it is valid in the print command setting in smb.conf. Conveniently, lpr includes a -U option to specify the user name, and putting it all together, it now works. Thanks.
-- Rob --On Wednesday, July 02, 2003 04:54:13 PM -0400 Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When a user logs on, the %u or the %U variable contains their logon name, > not the guest name you assign. Maybe you can capture that in a script. > Joel > > On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 11:15:09AM -0700, Rob Tanner wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I set up Samaba 2.2.7 on a RedHat 9 box to act as a print server. The >> Samba server is a member of the domain and will be sharing about a dozen >> printers. I am using lprng in conjunction with ifhp in order to do >> charge-back print accounting. But here's the glitch: the server is not >> hosting any file shares and basically has only a couple of local >> accounts. The result is that when domain users access the server they >> connect as "nobody" (the guest user) even though guest access is NOT >> enabled. This means that the user id in the printer logs is "nobody". >> Without having to create and maintain some 3,000 local accounts on the >> box, how can I get around the problem (i.e., get the real user name >> attached to the connection rather than nobody)? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Rob Tanner >> UNIX Services Manager >> Linfield College, McMinnville OR >> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba Rob Tanner UNIX Services Manager Linfield College, McMinnville OR -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
