Can you define the operating systems, general scenario and use case, and goal you are trying to achieve?
SAMBA wont fix this as neatly as it sounds like you want it.. The printer will just appear offline to a windows client until the user authenticates with the server -- which will NOT happen when you try to print. They will need to access a server filesystem share to authenticate (i believe?) If they are using filesystem shares -- then you are golden -- but it seems like there might be some reason that wont work; otherwise you would have already done it. Stan On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Josh Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure about logging of the jobs though. You could filter your > samba/cups logs through syslog. > > -Josh > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Josh Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know CUPS can be handled through samba, and samba can authenticate > > against Active Directory via Kerberos, winbind, ldap, etc. Just an > > example of a google from "Samba and Active Directory": > > > > http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_&_Active_Directory > > > > -Josh Smith > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Alvin ONeal <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Do any of you know how one might handle authentication through CUPS > while > >> logging the jobs? > >> > >> > >> Example Workflow: > >> > >> John prints a webpage from Firefox on a Windows client. > >> A prompt appears for username/password > >> The credentials are not valid so the prompt is issued again > >> The credentials are valid so the username is logged to a text file on > the > >> server > >> When the logger returns success CUPS gets the okay to really print > >> > >> > >> Can this be easily implemented with Kerberos / PAM? Something else? > >> > >> AJ ONeal > >> Trustworthiness: > >> Vendor reliability: > >> Privacy: > >> Child safety: > > >
