On Mon, 2001-10-22 at 02:12, Danie Roux wrote: > I have a print system working with samba. I have now created a user > "printing" and moved all of the scripts to it's /home/printing. > > How do I tell samba to execute the print command as user printing > instead of the user that has authenticated to the print share? > > [printers] > ... > ; This must execute as user printing > print command = /home/printing/smb_print_wrapper %s %m %u %T %p >
Could you setuid on the smb_print_wrapper for your printing user? <disclaimer type=bad hack/security risk> I'm not sure if it's a good idea but you could also "su" to the printing user in your print command if ALL ELSE FAILS, AND YOU"RE REALLY DESPERATE (emphasis intentional). </disclaimer> --mike
