[UniMacTech] Students can see Staff printers in 10.5.5

[Kris Kopicki]

Hi,

10.5.5 Server seems to have introduced a bug with MCX managed  
printers. If you haven't already noticed, you'll find that all your  
managed printers don't respect any options such as bypass tray or  
duplex printing, this is because the driver specified for all your  
computer lists/computers has reverted to Generic.ppd. I'm not aware of  
any permanent workaround at this time, it will likely require an  
update from Apple.

Hope this saves some people lots of head bashing,

Kris

On 14/10/2008, at 2:04 PM, Matthew Taylor wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm using work group manager to control our users.  Both staff and  
> students have network home directories on the server.  All clients  
> and the server are 10.5.5.  The "Staff" group have one list of  
> printers in their managed preferences, the student a different list.
>
> The problem is that students have access to various staff printers  
> and can print to any printer.
>
> Strangely if a student accesses the "Print and Fax" control panel in  
> system preferences they only see their printers.  If they print from  
> an application (say, safari) they see their printers PLUS a list of  
> staff printers.  The names of the printers in this list are not  
> coming from the printers themselves - they appear to be the same as  
> listed in the "User's Printer List" for the staff group in WGM.
>
> Has anyone come across this before?  Do you think it's got something  
> to do with Appletalk (which is turned off) or Bonjour?
>
> Any help appreciated!
>
>
> Matt Taylor
> Computer Support
> Academy of the Arts
> University of Tasmania
> (03) 6324 4412
>
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Kris Kopicki
Systems Administrator
Walford Anglican School for Girls Inc.
316 Unley Road, Hyde Park
SA 5061 Australia

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