[cups.general] CUPS in a strictly dynamic network

Helge Blischke h.blischke at srz.de
Tue Mar 22 03:56:54 PST 2005


T'Krin wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone.
> 
> I am wanting to setup a Samba server to replace an aging Windows server,
> and I plan on using CUPS.  This network (Windows domain) is actually a
> group of computers in an institution where I have no control over the
> network.  All IP addresses are dynamic and the institution will not supply
> even a small block of static IPs to use for our printers, nor are host
> names created for these dynamic IPs.
> 
> My question is this:  Can CUPS be setup to some how use DLC printing or
> use some other method to find the printers so that I can use Samba?  I
> thought about maybe writing a script to ping sweep our subnet and then
> query the arp table to match the printer's MAC to an IP and alter the
> printers.conf file.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
> ~Dan

What comes to my mind is: you could use the login script options that
samba
provides to get the client's IP addres whenever a connection is made.

Helge

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