[cups.general] smb authentication for domain users

henri henri at stmargarets.school.nz
Sun Aug 10 18:26:05 PDT 2008


Have you had a look at PrintAgent :
http://www.lucidsystems.org/printingworks/printagent

> Hi.  I've got an Ubuntu 8.04 Linux box which is joined to a Windows  
> AD via the Likewise-open package.  The box will be used by many  
> different domain users, and I'd like them to all be able to print to  
> our network printer, through an smb network share.
>
> I've run into a little problem here. I've asked about this in a lot  
> of Linux forums but haven't got an answers yet.
>
> Ubuntu has built in tools for adding smb printers.  The problem is  
> that it uses a global user name and password to authenticate,  
> regardless of who is doing the printing.  I have to provide the user  
> name and password when I set up the printer, and it is stored in the  
> smb URL in 'printers.conf'.
>
> Is there a way to configure CUPS, or SMB (or heck, anything), so  
> that the system could use the domain credentials (or kerberos  
> ticket, maybe?) of the person who is logged in?
>
> If I can't figure out such a solution, it means I'll either have to  
> A) convince my supervisors to create a 'Linux-only' printing  
> account, whose password never changes; or B) go cross-department,  
> and try to get the folks who control the printer to adjust it to  
> allow for printing without authentication.  Both options could be  
> rather difficult for me.
>





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