[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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