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PRINTER Class

Each record in the PRINTER class defines a device connected to a Windows computer system that is capable of reproducing a visual image on a medium (as listed in Printers folder)

Note: You cannot create new objects of class PRINTER using CA ControlMinder.

The key of the PRINTER class record is the name of the local printer.

The following definitions describe the properties contained in this class record. Most properties are modifiable and can be manipulated using selang or the administration interfaces. Non-modifiable properties are marked informational.

DACL

Defines the standard access control list that contains the user names and group names authorized to access the resource, and the level of access granted to each.

Users who want to modify this property must be the owner of the resource or have special access to the resource (to modify the ACL).

Each element in the access control list contains the following information:

Access Type

Specifies permissions to the resource:

• Allowed-Permits special access to the resource.
• Denied-Denies special access to the resource.

Accessor

The user or group for whom the access rights are allowed or denied.

Access

The access authority that the accessor has to the resource.

Note: In an empty ACL, no accesses are explicitly granted, so access is implicitly denied. For a resource that has no ACL, no protection is assigned to the object, so any access request is granted.

Use auth or auth- command to modify this property.

COMMENT

Defines additional information that you want to include in the record. CA ControlMinder does not use this information for authorization.

Limit: 255 characters.

LOCATION

A string that indicates the printer location. CA ControlMinder does not use this information for authorization.

Use the location parameter with the chres or editres commands to modify this property. Use () with blanks to delete this property.

OWNER

Defines the user or group that owns the record.

SHARE

The name that identifies the share point for the printer. Users or groups that want to access the printer could use its share name.

Use the share_name or share_name- parameter with the chres or editres commands to modify this property.

NAME

Printer name.

SACL

Windows System Access Control List. Displays audit directives.

SERVER

(Informational). A string to identify the server that controls the printer. If there is no such property, the printer is controlled locally.