| 1 | <samba:parameter name="use client driver"
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| 2 | context="S"
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| 3 | type="boolean"
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| 4 | print="1"
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| 5 | xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
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| 6 | <description>
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| 7 | <para>This parameter applies only to Windows NT/2000
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| 8 | clients. It has no effect on Windows 95/98/ME clients. When
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| 9 | serving a printer to Windows NT/2000 clients without first installing
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| 10 | a valid printer driver on the Samba host, the client will be required
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| 11 | to install a local printer driver. From this point on, the client
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| 12 | will treat the print as a local printer and not a network printer
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| 13 | connection. This is much the same behavior that will occur
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| 14 | when <command moreinfo="none">disable spoolss = yes</command>.
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| 15 | </para>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <para>The differentiating factor is that under normal
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| 18 | circumstances, the NT/2000 client will attempt to open the network
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| 19 | printer using MS-RPC. The problem is that because the client
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| 20 | considers the printer to be local, it will attempt to issue the
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| 21 | OpenPrinterEx() call requesting access rights associated with the
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| 22 | logged on user. If the user possesses local administator rights but
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| 23 | not root privilege on the Samba host (often the case), the
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| 24 | OpenPrinterEx() call will fail. The result is that the client will
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| 25 | now display an "Access Denied; Unable to connect" message
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| 26 | in the printer queue window (even though jobs may successfully be
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| 27 | printed). </para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>If this parameter is enabled for a printer, then any attempt
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| 30 | to open the printer with the PRINTER_ACCESS_ADMINISTER right is mapped
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| 31 | to PRINTER_ACCESS_USE instead. Thus allowing the OpenPrinterEx()
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| 32 | call to succeed. <emphasis>This parameter MUST not be enabled
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| 33 | on a print share which has valid print driver installed on the Samba
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| 34 | server.</emphasis></para>
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| 35 | </description>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <related>disable spoolss</related>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <value type="default">no</value>
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| 40 | </samba:parameter>
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