Network Printers in TS Session

[Graham Taylor]

I am going round in circles now!

I have a W2K TS Server setup in an NT 4 Domain (as a
member).

When a domain user logs on to the TS their NT domain login
script runs and connects 2 network shares on the NT BDC
and then tries to use con2prt to connect a printer share
on the same BDC.

It seems that this user does not have priveleges to create
the printer in the TS session. If I add them to the Local
Admin group on the TS then the printer connects fine - but
I don't want them in the Local Admin group.

Any thoughts how I can get a normal Domain User to be able
to connect to this shared printer from the login script?

TIA
Graham Taylor

 

[Matthew Harris [MVP]]

Could you use the RunAs command to accomplish this?

-M

 

[Graham Taylor]

Good thought - but would the user not need to know the
password of the Admin user?

 

[NicNac]

Try PrintUI.dll

http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?View=en-us&p=1&s=0&c=3&st=b&qu=PrintUI.dll&na=30

Q189105

the command is ... 'rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /?' for usage.

 

[Matthew Harris [MVP]]

I'm sure you could find a way to encrypt the administrator
password or hide it or enter it automatically so that the
user didn't need to know this.

Maybe something like this:

http://www.tek-
tips.com/gfaqs.cfm/lev2/4/lev3/32/pid/329/fid/2760

Using PrintUI.dll may work, but I'm almost 99% sure that
you'll have the same permissions problem you already have.

-M

 

[NicNac]

Use PrintUI.dll to install the printer per machine logged on as the
Administrator.

then all who log on will have the printer