Setting up Active Directory

Active Directory® is a directory service that manages user data, security, clients, and print jobs. LPMC uses Active Directory to track all workstations where a specific user may have print jobs ready to be released.

Each user has a set of attributes or properties that is kept on the Active Directory server. This information is accessible in the domain controller servers.

Note: The setup of Active Directory and its data replication configuration may delay the availability of jobs for release on the printer. To minimize this delay, reduce the replication interval.

Granting Active Directory permission to access specific user attributes

  1. From the Active Directory server, open the Delegation of Control Wizard.

  2. Add a group of users who want to access the attribute, and then click OK > Next.

  3. Create a custom task to delegate, and then select User objects from the list.

  4. Select Property-specific, Read otherLoginWorkstations, and Write otherLoginWorkstations.

  5. Follow the instructions on the computer screen.

Creating user attributes for an Active Directory schema

By design, Active Directory lets you keep some domain user information. Some may be in use by the system, such as user name, description, and time of last login.

Administrators must review the attributes that are not in use in the current network configuration.

  1. Open the registry key, and then edit it to enable attribute manipulation.

    Note: If the registry key does not exist, then create it manually.

  2. Install the Active Directory schema snap-in.

  3. Add the schema to the console.

    1. At the command prompt, type mmc.

    2. Select Active Directory Schema from the list of snap-ins, and then add it.

  4. Open the Active Directory Schema manager snap-in.

  5. Right-click Attributes, and then click Create Attribute.

    Note: If the setting is unavailable, then restart the server.

  6. Confirm the changes.

  7. From the Create New Attribute dialog box, enter the required information.

  8. Add the new attribute to the appropriate schema class.

    1. Expand Classes.

    2. Right-click user, and then click Properties.

    3. From the Attributes tab, click Add.

    4. From the list, select the new attribute.

    5. Apply the changes.