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Date:      Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:56:17 -0400
From:      Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OT:  Re: WinXP administration guide for unix guru
Message-ID:  <20050822165011.495C.GERARD-SEIBERT@suscom.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050822120036.5A52416A425@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <20050822120036.5A52416A425@hub.freebsd.org>

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On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:28:38 +0400 Igor Robul <igorr@speechpro.com> wrote:
> 
> Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> >
> >Does it tell you why XP requires any user wishing to print to a
> >network printer must have administrator privileges?
> >
> It doesnt


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Monday, August 22, 2005 4:50:11 PM

That is a simple fix. If this is a domain environment, open up the
security properties of the printer and add Authenticated Users and give
them the print privilege.

This is similar to having to change permissions, etc. in order to allow
non-root users the ability to mount floppy drives, etc. in FreeBSD.

-- 
Gerard E. Seibert
gerard-seibert@suscom.net


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