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I know it sounds like a cop-out but you really should not be adding users to any security tab. Security is much easier to manage id you assign the security to a group and then add the users to the group. That way you can grant and revoke permssions with ease.
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I know it sounds like a cop-out but you really should not be adding users to any security tab. Security is much easier to manage id you assign the security to a group and then add the users to the group. That way you can grant and revoke permssions with ease.

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KCTS - I understand that practice/theory, but it doesn't apply here. We're working on an &quot;interesting&quot; solution where I need to grant access dynamically to only a single user at a time. <br />
Regardless... user, group, donkey... I need a way to set the acl's on a printer via vbscript.
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KCTS - I understand that practice/theory, but it doesn't apply here. We're working on an "interesting" solution where I need to grant access dynamically to only a single user at a time.
Regardless... user, group, donkey... I need a way to set the acl's on a printer via vbscript.

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canali, you're officially the hero of the week!
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canali, you're officially the hero of the week!

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I need the means to via vbscript add a user to the security tab of a windows printer. <br />
We are on server 2003 so I can't use the GetSecurityDescriptor method. I've found the SetPrinter and PRINTER_INFO_3 function, but I have no idea how to call it from within my script. I'm not much of a programmer here, so any help is appreciated.<br />
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OR if you've got an alternative idea at how to accomplish this, I'm all ears.<br />
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OH, and it's a pretty urgent issue, so I REALLY appreciate the help.
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I need the means to via vbscript add a user to the security tab of a windows printer. 
We are on server 2003 so I can't use the GetSecurityDescriptor method. I've found the SetPrinter and PRINTER_INFO_3 function, but I have no idea how to call it from within my script. I'm not much of a programmer here, so any help is appreciated.

OR if you've got an alternative idea at how to accomplish this, I'm all ears.

OH, and it's a pretty urgent issue, so I REALLY appreciate the help.

Windows Printer - Add user to security via script

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Scripting Languages

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