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by **hosea.ba..** » Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:12:58

Hi. I am on solaris 8. Is it possible for me to limit user access to
specific printers? Example, i want user a, b to be able to print to
only printer_a and user c and d cant print to printer_a

The closest i got is
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/805-3728/6j3hu2u14?q=limit+printer+a...

Please advise.

by **ML Starke** » Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:54:20

Quote:>>Hi. I am on solaris 8. Is it possible for me to limit user access to
>>specific printers? Example, i want user a, b to be able to print to
>>only printer_a and user c and d cant print to printer_a

>>The closest i got is
>>http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/805-3728/6j3hu2u14?q=limit+printer+a...
>>iew

>>Please advise.

> The closest thing according to the man pages is the

> /etc/lp/printers/<printer-name>/users.allow and
> /etc/lp/printers/<printer-name>/users.deny

> which is controlled through

> lpadmin -p printer-name -u allow:user-list [ deny:user-list]

> for printers that are defined on your system. If the printers are
> remote printers (using a Solaris print server on a remote system) or
> network printers (using a network interface card), I don't know if these
> files will work.

If printers are remote printers, then there is no way to limit access as
there is no /etc/lp/printers/<whatever>. If printers are local or
remote, that directory exists and the method described in man lpadmin or
the "Limiting user access to a printer" section of docs.sun.com.

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