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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/printing/useclientdriver.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/printing/useclientdriver.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..67c8cbf8d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/printing/useclientdriver.xml @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +<samba:parameter name="use client driver" + context="S" + print="1" + xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> +<listitem> + <para>This parameter applies only to Windows NT/2000 + clients. It has no affect on Windows 95/98/ME clients. When + serving a printer to Windows NT/2000 clients without first installing + a valid printer driver on the Samba host, the client will be required + to install a local printer driver. From this point on, the client + will treat the print as a local printer and not a network printer + connection. This is much the same behavior that will occur + when <command moreinfo="none">disable spoolss = yes</command>. + </para> + + <para>The differentiating factor is that under normal + circumstances, the NT/2000 client will attempt to open the network + printer using MS-RPC. The problem is that because the client + considers the printer to be local, it will attempt to issue the + OpenPrinterEx() call requesting access rights associated with the + logged on user. If the user possesses local administator rights but + not root privilegde on the Samba host (often the case), the + OpenPrinterEx() call will fail. The result is that the client will + now display an "Access Denied; Unable to connect" message + in the printer queue window (even though jobs may successfully be + printed). </para> + + <para>If this parameter is enabled for a printer, then any attempt + to open the printer with the PRINTER_ACCESS_ADMINISTER right is mapped + to PRINTER_ACCESS_USE instead. Thus allowing the OpenPrinterEx() + call to succeed. <emphasis>This parameter MUST not be able enabled + on a print share which has valid print driver installed on the Samba + server.</emphasis></para> + + <para>See also <link linkend="DISABLESPOOLSS"><parameter + moreinfo="none">disable spoolss</parameter></link></para> + + <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">use client driver = no</command></para> +</listitem> +</samba:parameter> |