Sanm2009 Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 I need to share a printer (on local port - not IP) installed on a Server 2008 R2. But users need to authenticate to access the resource, I need none domain computers to access the printer. The printer is shared with "Every one" Does anyone know how to go about doing it. I have come across the option of enabling the guest account on the server, would that cause much of a security risk?
MatthewL Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 Well if they browse to the server and they are not on the domain they should be prompted to put in their credentials for the domain. Also why have you got a printer connected to a server?
Sanm2009 Posted November 5, 2015 Author Posted November 5, 2015 Yeah, they do get the prompt to login. But I don't want this to happen in the case of this printer. Would adding anonymous users to the printer share have the desired effect? Well the printer is a virtual queue for papercut. I just want it's share to be available from outside the domain.
NB9457 Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 The way I've done it in the past is create a printer account, set login hours to never and created a bat file at startup to map and authenticate the printer.
DMcCoy Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 install print services for unix and share with lpd, add lpr print client to windows or use existing on macs/linux etc to connect to the printer. You can't stop printing due to no auth, however I found username logging worked correctly with print manage plus when I used it with macs.
MatthewL Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 Is it for use by school staff? Could you not enable web printing or use the LPD method above?
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