From acc31ccbc5b3aaf4c44ed675f8884cc54150046e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerald Carter Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:33:15 +0000 Subject: added more explanation about the required permissions (and authorization) in order to add printer drivers to a samba server. jerry (This used to be commit b4e2fc0bd223993e61f215c89167e8549254c214) --- docs/textdocs/PRINTER_DRIVER2.txt | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file 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. 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 -- cgit