Script to configure printer permissions?

[FN-GM]

Hi,

 

We need to set it so that people in a particular group can manage print jobs, delete them etc. We have allot of printers on the system. Does anyone have a script i can use. I looked on the net ans when testing one trashed the existing permissions and the others didn't work.

 

Thanks

[Steve21]

Honestly if you're only going to be doing it once, then sticking with the groups you've made it'd be easier just to steal a premade tool like "SetACL" and use that.

 

SetACL | Helge Klein | Home of SetACL

 

All the scripting done, just tell it what you want and where and it does it

 

for /f %i in (printers.txt) do @SetAcl -on "\\printsvr\%i" -ot prn -actn ace -ace "n:\domain\printMgmt;p:man_documents" -ace "n:domain\printMgmt;p:print"

 

For all the printers in printers.txt (or if you want to change it to loop a directory), Give group "printMgmt" permissions to manage docs, and print etc.

 

More examples at:

 

Managing Printer, Service, WMI and Share Permissions with SetACL.exe | Helge Klein | Home of SetACL

 

 

If you really want a script, you could just go miles through xcacls scripts, but seems a lot of work if it's a once only thing

 

 

Steve

[Cache]

Are all the printers on a single print server? If so, wouldn't the Print Operators group on the local machine do what your after or does it grant to many permissions?

[FN-GM]

I am looking at SETACL how can i use a wildcard to do it on all printers on the server please?

[FN-GM]

@Steve21

[FN-GM]

can you please help @Steve21 :)

[Steve21]

It wouldn't really be a wildcard, it would need to be as part of a script that loops through every printer on the server.

 

Steve

[FN-GM]

That will do, just saves me inputting all these printers!

 

Thanks