[Casper] lpadmin script

[Alan Benedict]

Would you mind sharing the settings you used with the rest of us? :)
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Alan Benedict
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Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Nguyen, Tommy <
Tommy.Nguyen at raytownschools.org> wrote:

>  I created the printer MCX preferences and pushed them out to all the macs
> in my district and it worked so far.
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> Thank you guys for helping.
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> *From:* casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [mailto:
> casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] *On Behalf Of *Steve Wood
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:45 AM
> *To:* Alan Benedict
> *Cc:* casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Casper] lpadmin script
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> You would use the "-p" flag in the dseditgroup command and put the password
> right after it.
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> From the Apple article, network user:
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> dseditgroup -o edit -n /Local/Default -u admin -p <adminpassword> -a
> printerusers -t group lpadmin
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> Mobile user:
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> dseditgroup -o edit -n /Local/Default -u admin -p <adminpassword> -a
> student -t user lpadmin
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> Thomas
> - in the JSS in 7 you can now create MCX preferences to push out.  And not to be a goob about it, but starting on page 302 of the Casper 7 manual, they lay out everything about Managed Preferences.  It is fairly simple to do, and during the creation of the profile you give that MCX pref a scope of machines to work on.
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> Make sense?
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> Steve Wood
> Director of IT
> swood at integer.com
>
> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
>
>  On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com>
> wrote:
>
> If one did want to put the password in the script for testing, where would
> I put it?  I tried putting the password on the next line in the script, but
> it throws an error when the script is run because it tries to run the
> password as a command.
> --
> Alan Benedict
> 
> Macintosh Technician
> The Integer Group
> O: 515-247-2738
> C: 515-770-8234
> http://www.integer.com
>
>
>
>
>       *From:* casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [mailto:
> casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] *On Behalf Of *Thomas Larkin
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:57 PM
> *To:* Steve Wood
> *Cc:* Tommy Nguyen; casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Casper] lpadmin script
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>
>
> Steve,
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> Would you please extrapolate on this?  As I am going to migrate to version
> 7 here really soon and would love to just push out MCX instead.
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> Thanks
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> Tom
>
> >>> Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> 07/28/09 3:51 PM >>>
> And, if you are using Casper 7 you can now push an MCX pref to not require
> admin privs to add printers.
>
> Steve Wood
> Director of IT
> swood at integer.com
>
> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Thomas Larkin
>
> <tlarki at kckps.org>
>
> wrote:
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>  Tommy
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> Ever think of adding printers in Casper Admin then adding them as a self
> service install and limiting the scope of clients to what printers you want
> them to install.
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> I looked at that hint and it only allows the "add printer app" to run, and
> it won't allow for users to add it via System Prefs. Every user is part of
> the _lpadmin group but I couldn't get it to work either really.
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> Also are you running that as a log in hook? Because casper will only use $3
> as the current user when using it as a log in hook. If you run it as a log
> in policy it should run as root and not ask for the password.
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> -Tom
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> >>> "Nguyen, Tommy" <Tommy.Nguyen at raytownschools.org> 07/28/09 3:21 PM >>>
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> Hello,
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>
> Can someone help me figure this script out? I am trying to setup rights for
> my network mobile users and they don’t have rights to add printers.
>
> But I found some help from apple that would let local and network users to
> add printers without being administrators.
>
> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3511
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> When you add them to the user group of lpadmin it would ask for password
> from the command line.
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> dseditgroup -o edit -p -d admin -t group _lpadmin
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> dseditgroup -o edit -n /Local/Default -u admin -p -a $3 -t user lpadmin
> (this line would ask for user of admin password, no idea where to add if I
> put it in the script?)
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> Thank you in advanced.
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