Is the following statement true or false?
When a printer is installed on a network, default printer permissions are assigned that allow all users to print
and change the status of documents sent to it
A.
True
B.
False
Explanation:
initial answer = true => false
the key is all usersand change the status of documents.
Change the status document refers to the “Manage Document” permission and it’s not a default permission for
“all users”.
by default, so far, a user can only modify status of the jobs that he initiated himself.
but i tested to make sure. i installed 2 fake printers (one by the network, and one using LPT1) and here’s the
default permissions i have got :
if we consider that Everyone can be used to designate “all users”, the above screenshot is enough.
but just to be sure, i’ll add the “Domain Users” and “Authenticated Users” groups to the permissions to check
which permission are assigned by default :
exactly the same : only the permission to print documents:
Now we can be sure the answer is “FALSE”.
NB : by default, only Administrators (and administrator) and “All Application Packages” have both
permissions (print & manage documents)
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773372%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
Assigning printer permissions
When a printer is installed on a network, default printer permissions are assigned that allow all users to
print, and allow select groups to manage the printer, the documents sent to it, or both.
Because the printer is available to all users on the network, you might want to limit access for some users by
assigning specific printer permissions.
For example, you could give all nonadministrative users in a department the Print permission and give all
managers the Print and Manage Documents permissions.
In this way, all users and managers can print documents, but managers can also change the print statusof any
document sent to the printer.
This is an ambiguous question.
(…creator owner… is NOT the everyone group(!))
If get this then think of the following:
“ANY file/data created is given rights at the time of creation(even BEFORE(!) writing the file/data)”
If you remember this than you will better understand what is asked in these kinds of questions.
If you read the documentation the ONLY right given to the everyone group is PRINT. Managing is given to the special Creator Owner group which is a special group that is more like a service (deamon in unix) giving the USER who is printing specials rights the moment the USER is creating a print document on that document itself.
Just like the following in the LAST sentence describing “Manage Documents”:
The user can pause, resume, restart, cancel, and rearrange the order of documents submitted by all other users. The user cannot, however, send documents to the printer or control the status of the printer. By default, the Manage Documents permission is assigned to members of the Creator Owner group.
When a user is assigned the Manage Documents permission, the user cannot access existing documents currently waiting to print. !!! The permission will only apply to documents sent to the printer (!)after the permission is assigned(!) to the user. !!!
The answer is FALSE indeed.