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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER2.txt | 29 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER2.txt b/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER2.txt index 1c1ac2a7ac..15cf059799 100644 --- a/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER2.txt +++ b/docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER2.txt @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ print servers to provide support for printer driver download. </aside> You should modify the server's smb.conf file to create the -following share (of course, some of the parameter values, +following file share (of course, some of the parameter values, such as 'path' are arbitrary and should be replaced with appropriate values for your site): @@ -110,8 +110,31 @@ each architecture you wish to support. |-W32PPC ; "Windows NT PowerPC" -These directories should be owned by an administrative account. -Currently this must initially be an "root" account (uid = 0). ++++++++++++++ ATTENTION! REQUIRED PERMISSIONS +++++++++++++++++ + +Currently, the connected user must have uid 0 in order to +successfully install a new printer driver. There are two +points of authorization in this process. + + o Access permissions to add files to the [print$] + share. This access control is managed using + the same semantics as normal file shares. + (i.e. filesystem permissions, write list, + writeable, etc...) + + o Authorization to add entries to + + $SAMBA/var/locks/ntdrivers.tdb + + Updates to this TDB are curently restricted + to the root account. + +Therefore, you must be connected to the samba host as the +root user in order to add a new printer driver. + + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + !== The Windows NT APW |