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. - 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
