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Re: Permanently remove iis printer mapping
From: David LeBlanc <dleblanc () MINDSPRING COM>
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 20:04:43 -0700
-----Original Message----- From: Bugtraq List [mailto:BUGTRAQ () SECURITYFOCUS COM]On Behalf Of railwayclubposse () HUSHMAIL COM
How do you permanently remove the .printer mapping in IIS5? If you remove it with the MMC tool it comes back (and so does the virtual directory) upon reboot.
Turn off the spooler service, then remove the mapping. I have long recommended turning off things you don't need on web servers. Almost any internet-exposed web server doesn't need to be printing to or from just about anything. The functionality is put there so that you can manage your printer from a browser - if you're really doing that, the only option is to apply the patch. BTW, when I tested this on my system at work, I removed the mapping, did not disable spooler, rebooted and the mapping did not come back. I'm not sure why this is. I know others had the same experience as the poster, so this work-around does work.
Current thread:
- Permanently remove iis printer mapping railwayclubposse (May 02)
- Re: Permanently remove iis printer mapping David LeBlanc (May 03)
- Re: Permanently remove iis printer mapping Todd Ransom (May 03)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Permanently remove iis printer mapping Phillip Renouf (May 03)
- Re: Permanently remove iis printer mapping railwayclubposse (May 03)