show add printer wizard

With the introduction of MS-RPC based printing support
for Windows NT/2000 client in Samba 2.2, a "Printers..." folder will
appear on Samba hosts in the share listing. Normally this folder will
contain an icon for the MS Add Printer Wizard (APW). However, it is
possible to disable this feature regardless of the level of privilege
of the connected user.
Under normal circumstances, the Windows NT/2000 client will
open a handle on the printer server with OpenPrinterEx() asking for
Administrator privileges. If the user does not have administrative
access on the print server (i.e is not root or has granted the
SePrintOperatorPrivilege), the OpenPrinterEx()
call fails and the client makes another open call with a request for
a lower privilege level. This should succeed, however the APW
icon will not be displayed.
Disabling the show add printer wizard
parameter will always cause the OpenPrinterEx() on the server to fail. Thus the APW icon will never be displayed.

This does not prevent the same user from having administrative privilege on an individual printer.

Supported on: At least Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 family

show add printer wizard
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Samba\smb_conf\show add printer wizard
Value Nameshow add printer wizard
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value1
True Value1
False Value0

samba.admx

Administrative Templates (Computers)