Forgive me if I'm totally wrong on this... Could you set some kind of environment variable ("default_print_queue" maybe?) at login that is based on MAC address...??
On Fri, 2006-17-11 at 13:52 -0500, Joe Auerbach wrote: > You know, I never thought about this before, but is it possible to have > the printer default to the ltsp kernel? > > For example, have ten copies of the kernel in 10 directories and each > directory has a printer defaulted somewhere in it. Is that possible, or > is it all dependent on the login? > > Another question to ask would be whether there's a printer option that > can be loaded into lts.conf or some other config file we have. > > Alexander Hungenberg wrote: > > >Hello list, > >I'm new here, so I first want to say hello. But the reason for contacting > >this > >list is a big challenge with ltsp. I'm a student on a school in Germany and > >I > >manage the computers with some others... > > > >This summer we decided to bring PC's in each classroom. The perfect solution > >for it: ltsp. Because we bought new PCs for one computer room, we could use > >the 7 years old ones as terminal clients. We only needed to buy a new big > >Server. > > > >Now our problem. The system works very fine, and everything is allright. But > >it would be nice, if we also could print at the terminals. Normally, that's > >no problem. But we want to restrict the access to the printers based on the > >geographical location of the terminal and the printer. > > > >So it would be ideally, if we have a list with the IPs of the terminals and > >then the printers by each IP where you are allowed to print at. > > > >I heard about the possibility to change a cups binary on the server which > >filters the IP of the terminal where the current user works out of the > >DISPLAY variable. With this you could look in the list if it is allowed to > >print on this printer. But I'm not so familiar with CUPS that I know where > >to > >begin. > > > >Someone on the LinuxWorldExpo in Cologne this week recommended me this list, > >because he knew that here are people, who manage even much bigger terminal > >networks. So I would be grateful if someone can help me with this problem. > > > >Have a nice weekend > > Alexander Hungenberg > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > >Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > >opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > >http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > >_____________________________________________________________________ > >Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > >For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net