[THIN] Re: SV: Selecting default printer
- From: Spriggs Jon <Jon.Spriggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:39:22 -0000
Perhaps it was just my script then :)
If you've got some tips on using the AD for mapping printers, I'd be
grateful for that info :)
Cheers,
Jon Spriggs
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-----Original Message-----
From: Braebaum, Neil [mailto:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 16 December 2004 11:38
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: SV: Selecting default printer
Comments inline
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> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Spriggs Jon
> Sent: 16 December 2004 11:27
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: SV: Selecting default printer
>
> Niclas:
>
> We've got a script which does that per OU, but it gets REALLY
> unweildy, really quickly. You'd be better off using groups
> and a vbscript, then you can almost dynamically assign a user
> to a printer, without having to worry about moving the users
> from OU to OU.
I disagree.
The structure of Active Directory, and it's very purpose *is* being the
repository for this information, as opposed to the legacy NT style thing of
having countless groups and printers defined in login scripts.
I use AD structure for printer assignment, and do it leveraging the OU
structure (have done for some years, now) so as a means to provide printer
mapping based on the hardware location of the PC the user is on, as opposed
to a *users* group membership.
What I don't do, though, is group printers all within a users OU - I use the
location field for the PC object to point to the OU where the printers
reside for that location (I also wrote a HTA so that our PC maintainers can
create / update PC objects in correct OUs, with appropriate group
memberships, and with locations fields pointing to the appropriate OUs).
The point being, though, that AD should be the repository - that's why it's
there. With the NT domain model, you have no other real option than
hardcoding countless groups and printers within login scripts, but with a
directory, you now have better options.
Neil
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