We have 2 smb printservers (in a cluster) for our Windows clients, and
they work well. Now I want to use them for our Macs as well. We've
created a smb print solution which uses Active Directory (Kerberos) as
authentication.
When I bind my machine to Active Directory (MacOSX 10.4.5) and log in
(get a kerberos ticket) I can open printer setup utility (default
browser) and then browse for printers. But only one of our servers is
available. The other doesn't show. I'm also not sure all printers are in
place either (we have 498 printers on the one that shows, but as far as
I can tell, only 430-450 show. I think the server that doesn't show have
465 printers). I've talked to some of our printadmins, but they don't
have any clue why the other server doesn't show up the same way as the
first. According to them they are identical (but they don't have the
same printers). From what I can see, my Mac connects to one of our
domaincontrollers when it browses for printers, so it seems like this is
something AD-spesific. When I log in as a local user without a
Kerberos-ticket, no printers show up through the browse-panel. I've
talked to our AD experts, but they tell me that all printers are
"announced" through Active Directory and that all works well on Windows.
It doesn't help to bind to a spesific domaincontroller either (no change).
So, I'm trying to find out how we can make *all* printers available
through printer setup utility. Is this an issue with Active Directory?
Does anyone know how we can achieve this or what we have done wrong? Is
there a way to find out where it stops? I've been loking for weeks now,
but haven't got a clue. Hope someone can help or point me in the right
direction.
