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by shawnj985

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I have a contractor that uses a winxp pc that needs to access our small windows server 2003 domain network. Our PCs connect via WAP but a printer is connected to the network via a wired jetdirect card.

The contractor's pc is capable of connecting via wireless connection and would like to connect to the printer. Since the printer doesn't have a wireless connection and I am trying to limit a contractor access to the domain server, how limited the permissions should he have access to on our network in order to merely print to a single printer? What would the exact permissions be for his user account?

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by faradhi

YOu do not need to give access at all to your windows network. Have the contractor print via direct IP.

If you must use a print share, (Although I cannot think of a reason) Give the contractor's user rights only to that shared printer. Make sure it is only print rights.

by matthew yurksaitis

I would determine the access rights the contractor really needs to do the work they have been contracted to do. If it is truly just print access then Printing Direct to an IP address is most likely the easiest and best way to grant access & limit access at the same time.

If the contractor needs more than print access then use the user properties and goto the account tab. Here you can restirct the user to specific computers they can use, as well as logon hours. This is just a start, this will at least limit access to specific computers and thier shared resources as well as bieng able to specify hours the contractor can access the resources. If more restrictions and limitations are needed then developing a "contractor" Group policy would be the next best step as with a policy you can get very specific as to restrictions and permissions. If the account tab on the users properties page or printing direct to IP is not the solution you are looking for please feel free to expand on the needs a bit more for a better solution.

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