We recently go a new server running Win 2003 Server which is used as a printer server (5 printers and about 70 computers). Because we are not using AD there is no domain-login which means that all permissions are set locally (yes, I know this is insecure, stupid etc but we are part of a universiy network which has "grown" organically over the past 25 years withour any real plan).
I have configured the server to accept anonymous login for printing, either directly or via internet printing. I use a firewall+directory security in ISS to limit access to our subnets.
This works fine but the problem is that since the users do not have to login there is no way to identify the users in the printer queue which is a problem in case something goes wrong.
Is there any way to get the names (=the local login name on the computer they are printing from) to appear in the queue?
I know this is possible using Linux/Samba but I can't find a similar function in Server 2003.
I guess what I need is a way to set up Server 2003 so that you can log on with ANY user name (since Windows-clients automatically tries to logon with the local account first that would give me the name )and no/any password (I guess this is how Samba works)
I have configured the server to accept anonymous login for printing, either directly or via internet printing. I use a firewall+directory security in ISS to limit access to our subnets.
This works fine but the problem is that since the users do not have to login there is no way to identify the users in the printer queue which is a problem in case something goes wrong.
Is there any way to get the names (=the local login name on the computer they are printing from) to appear in the queue?
I know this is possible using Linux/Samba but I can't find a similar function in Server 2003.
I guess what I need is a way to set up Server 2003 so that you can log on with ANY user name (since Windows-clients automatically tries to logon with the local account first that would give me the name )and no/any password (I guess this is how Samba works)
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