New "printjob user" parameter for smb.conf in upcoming Samba release

Franz Pfoertsch franz.pfoertsch at brose.net
Tue Mar 13 00:58:10 PDT 2007


Kurt Pfeifle wrote:

> This enables CUPS to use PAM with Winbind to authenticate print
> client requests coming in from a Windows workstations which are
> part of a Windows-style domain. (In a Windows-style domain, the
> $domain string is an integral part of the user name, and "wbinfo
> -u" will return the usernames in that very format).
> 

Hello Kurt,

please show me the way to enable PAM with Winbind.
I have never seen a configuration for this.

Is it possible to use windows-user (not local systemuser) in a special
Windowsgroup to administrate the cups printers?

.... and authenticated against AD (kerberos)...

This would be great.

regards
Franz




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