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| author | Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2000-10-25 17:39:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2000-10-25 17:39:42 +0000 |
| commit | 72626a7954a4bd64a05a3610907c1f8f1a6f1fc1 (patch) | |
| tree | e21c20dac67f435f561f21b95142a0dbd8b32f20 /docs/textdocs | |
| parent | 888643b981e2ac29d8e7c6dca6943381dfc84e58 (diff) | |
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added some clarifications.
jerry
(This used to be commit 4f76f17a2c10e7b4a5d3cd6fa11930a97878763e)
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diff --git a/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER2.txt b/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER2.txt index f522942b07..1c1ac2a7ac 100644 --- a/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER2.txt +++ b/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER2.txt @@ -72,10 +72,27 @@ appropriate values for your site): read only = yes write list = ntadmin +The 'write list' is used to allow administrative level user accounts +to have write access in order to update files on the share. +See the smb.conf(5) man page for more information on configuring +file shares. + The requirement for 'guest ok = yes' depends upon how your site is configured. If users will be guaranteed to have an account on the Samba host, then this is a non-issue. + [author's note: The non-issue is that if all your Windows + NT users are guarenteed to be authenticated by the Samba server + (such as a domain member server and the NT user has already + been validated by the Domain Controller in order to logon + to the Windows NT console), then guest access is not necessary. + Of course, in a workgroup environment where you just want + to be able to print without worrying about silly accounts + and security, then configure the share for gues access. + You'll probably want to add 'map to guest = Bad User' + in the [global] section as well. Make sure you understand + what this parameter does before using it though. --jerry] + In order for a Windows NT print server to support the downloading of driver files by multiple client architectures, it must create subdirectories within the [print$] service @@ -86,11 +103,11 @@ Next create the directory tree below the [print$] share for each architecture you wish to support. [print$]----- - |-W32X86 ; "Windows NT x86" - |-WIN40 ; "Windows 95/98" - |-W32ALPHA ; "Windows NT Alpha_AXP" - |-W32MIPS ; "Windows NT R4000" - |-W32PPC ; "Windows NT PowerPC" + |-W32X86 ; "Windows NT x86" + |-WIN40 ; "Windows 95/98" + |-W32ALPHA ; "Windows NT Alpha_AXP" + |-W32MIPS ; "Windows NT R4000" + |-W32PPC ; "Windows NT PowerPC" These directories should be owned by an administrative account. |