I think that this is the default behavior...see man smb.conf

printer admin (S)

    This is a list of users that can do anything to printers via the
remote administration interfaces offered by MS-RPC (usually using a NT
workstation). Note that the root user always has admin rights.

    Default: printer admin = <empty string>

Example: printer admin = admin, @staff

Craig

On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 19:38, Peter Buechler wrote:
> I'm already close to being stumped. You could try specifying your print system 
> directly, like this chunk from my file:
> 
> # It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
> # yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
> # bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx, cups
>    printing = cups
> 
> Then you could try increasing the log level. It can go from 1 to 10
> 
> log level = 3
> 
> is what I use. but try jacking it up for more debug info.
> 
> If you are using cups you may need to make sure that you allow printing from 
> hosts other than the local host, I don't really remember.
> 
> IS THERE SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING WHO CAN HELP THIS GUY?
> 
> On Sunday 05 January 2003 08:25 am, Sundar wrote:
> > Nope. It didn't change a thing. I should also note that I am able to print
> > to the printer without a problem. But I don't see the jobs (and cancel
> > them) from win2k priner GUI.
> >
> > -Sundar
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Buechler" <peter.buechler@cox.net>
> > To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 6:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: SAMBA Printer woes
> >
> > > I am no SAMBA expert I'm afraid. But I think that the user name and
> >
> > password
> >
> > > are not sent when you do the printing. That is why it is rejecting
> > > invalid user "nobody" which is the default used if a guest user ID is not
> > > defined.
> >
> > So
> >
> > > try adding "guest ok = yes" as a line in the [printers] section, then
> >
> > restart
> >
> > > smbd and nmbd (depends on your distribution, probably you can type
> > > "/etc/init.d/samba restart" or something similar). Let us know what
> >
> > happens.
> >
> > > On Saturday 04 January 2003 09:01 am, Sundar wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to access the printer on my linux server from Win2K, but I
> >
> > get
> >
> > > > the following error
> > > >  "ACCESS DENIED, UNABLE TO CONNECT"
> > > >
> > > > On WIN2K.log
> > > > [2003/01/04 08:30:05, 0] smbd/password.c:authorise_login(863)
> > > >   authorise_login: rejected invalid user nobody
> > > >
> > > > I have logged in to win2k with the user name/password, which is also
> > > > the right combination for samba. I have successfully mounted a samba
> > > > share
> >
> > on
> >
> > > > win2k with that username and password.
> > > >
> > > > Any help is appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Sundar
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > smb.conf
> > > >
> > > > ######################################
> > > > # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
> > > >
> > > > # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
> > > >
> > > > # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too
> > > >
> > > > # many!) most of which are not shown in this example
> > > >
> > > > #
> > > >
> > > > # Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
> > > >
> > > > # is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
> > > >
> > > > # for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you
> > > >
> > > > # may wish to enable
> > > >
> > > > #
> > > >
> > > > # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
> >
> > "testparm"
> >
> > > > # to check that you have not many any basic syntactic errors.
> > > >
> > > > #
> > > >
> > > > #======================= Global Settings
> > > > =====================================
> > > >
> > > > [global]
> > > >
> > > > path = /home
> > > >
> > > > smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
> > > >
> > > > domain master = yes
> > > >
> > > > printing = lprng
> > > >
> > > > dns proxy = yes
> > > >
> > > > netbios name = snoopy
> > > >
> > > > netbios aliases = snoopy
> > > >
> > > > encrypt passwords = yes
> > > >
> > > > name resolve order = hosts dns bcast
> > > >
> > > > # valid users = sundar,janet,@users
> > > >
> > > > security = user
> > > >
> > > > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> > > >
> > > > bind interfaces only = no
> > > >
> > > > printcap name = /etc/printcap
> > > >
> > > > announce as = Samba Server
> > > >
> > > > max log size = 0
> > > >
> > > > interfaces = eth0
> > > >
> > > > domain logons = yes
> > > >
> > > > # ssl ca certfile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
> > > >
> > > > server string = Samba Server
> > > >
> > > > local master = yes
> > > >
> > > > workgroup = ESARAVANA.COM
> > > >
> > > > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> > > >
> > > > netbios name = snoopy
> > > >
> > > > load printers = yes
> > > >
> > > > username map = /etc/samba/user.map
> > > >
> > > > lock directory = /var/lock/samba
> > > >
> > > > [homes]
> > > >
> > > > writable = yes
> > > >
> > > > valid users = sundar,janet,@users
> > > >
> > > > comment = sweet home
> > > >
> > > > [samba]
> > > >
> > > > path = /samba
> > > >
> > > > writable = yes
> > > >
> > > > comment = samba share on snoopy
> > > >
> > > > valid users = sundar,janet
> > > >
> > > > [printers]
> > > >
> > > > comment = All Printers
> > > >
> > > > path = /var/spool/lpd/lp0
> > > >
> > > > browseable = no
> > > >
> > > > printable = yes
> > > >
> > > > public = yes
> > > >
> > > > writable = no
> > > >
> > > > create mode = 0700
> > > >
> > > > [hp]
> > > >
> > > > path = /var/spool/lpd/lp0
> > > >
> > > > printer name = lp0
> > > >
> > > > writable = yes
> > > >
> > > > public = yes
> > > >
> > > > printable = yes
> > > >
> > > > print command = lpr -r -h -P %p %s
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ######################################
> > > >
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