Allows non admin users to add printers

We have some new MacBooks with Mavericks, but I can't figure out how to leave the printer & scanners system preference panel unlocked, so users can add printers wherever they go with their laptops. Is there a way to make it happen?

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or
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Hi Bunyk,
I can not recreate the erroe you posted, and please also post the screenshoot in your convenience.
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Hi PPRuNe,
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Barney-15E wrote:
I wouldn't think it was a bug. If I was a user trying to get something done that was processor intensive, I'd like to be able to stop the backup. As the admin, I wouldn't think missing one backup was a big deal.
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I find it rather tedious to have to type my password every time others want to install something on the computer (which is a shared computer, by the way). Is there any way to allow a non-admin user to install software, but not have other admin priveleges?

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Non-admin users are unable to view the Global Address List with Outlook Connector. When I give a test user admin rights (in our portal), the user can view the GAL. The VLV index is setup and functioning correctly for admin users. My versions are Directory Server 5.2 Patch 4, JES 2005Q4, Outlook Connector 7.1.222.4.
I've reviewed the ACIs on o=cp per http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5200/gbnse?a=view and verified that they are getting passed down to the child entries. I added a new ACI for a specfic test user, but I see no effect when I run an ldapsearch as that user. Here are the ACIs:
1. Allow Calendar Administrators to proxy
(targetattr = "mail || uid || icsCalendar || givenName || sn || cn")
(targetfilter = (|(objectClass=icscalendaruser)(objectClass=icscalendarresource)))
(version 3.0;acl "Allow Calendar administrators to proxy - product=ics,class=admin,num=2,version=1";
allow (proxy)(groupdn = "ldap:///cn=Calendar Administrators, ou=Groups, o=cp");)
2. Allow Calendar users to read and search other users
(targetattr = "mail || uid || icsCalendar || givenName || sn || cn")
(targetfilter = (|(objectClass=icscalendaruser)(objectClass=icscalendarresource)))
(version 3.0;acl "Allow Calendar users to read and search other users - product=ics,class=admin,num=3,version=1";
allow (read,search)(userdn = "ldap:///uid=*,ou=People,o=pcc.edu,o=cp");)
3. Allow test users to proxy
(targetattr = "mail || uid || icsCalendar || givenName || sn || cn")
(targetfilter = (|(objectClass=icscalendaruser)(objectClass=icscalendarresource)))
(version 3.0;acl "Allow test users to proxy - product=ics,class=admin,num=2,version=1";
allow (proxy)(userdn = "ldap:///uid=299899598658566,ou=People,o=pcc.edu,o=cp");)
Here's the log for an ldapsearch as a non-admin user:
-bash-3.00$ grep "conn=386080 op=1 msgId=2" access
[02/Jan/2008:15:15:44 -0800] conn=386080 op=1 msgId=2 - SRCH base="ou=people,o=pcc.edu,o=cp" scope=2 filter="(pdsRole=Employee)" attrs="uid"
[02/Jan/2008:15:15:44 -0800] conn=386080 op=1 msgId=2 - SORT cn
[02/Jan/2008:15:15:44 -0800] conn=386080 op=1 msgId=2 - VLV 1:1:dpelinka 2964:11852 (0)
[02/Jan/2008:15:15:44 -0800] conn=386080 op=1 msgId=2 - RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=0 etime=0
When the same search is run by an admin user, nentires=3.
Here is the test ldapsearch:
ldapsearch -h vmpt1 -p 389 -D "uid=299899598658566,ou=People,o=pcc.edu,o=cp" -w {password} \
-b "ou=People,o=pcc.edu,o=cp" -x -s "sub" -S "cn" \
-G "1:1:dpelinka" "pdsRole=Employee" uid
David,

Jay,
Here's a full set of logs. The first set is from my test search; the second from an actual OC search. I don't see anything different between the admin and non-admin except for the number of entries returned.
ADMIN TEST SEARCH
-bash-3.00$ ./test_vlvindex.shl
version: 1
dn: uid=375308679900788,ou=People,o=pcc.edu,o=cp
uid: 375308679900788
dn: uid=534616896694744,ou=People,o=pcc.edu,o=cp
uid: 534616896694744
dn: uid=506947161967075,ou=People,o=pcc.edu,o=cp
uid: 506947161967075
index 2973 content count 11893
DS log-bash-3.00$ grep "conn=1964292 op=1" access
[07/Jan/2008:16:36:02 -0800] conn=1964292 op=1 msgId=2 - SRCH base="ou=people,o=pcc.edu,o=cp" scope=2 filter="(pdsRole=Employee)" attrs="uid"
[07/Jan/2008:16:36:02 -0800] conn=1964292 op=1 msgId=2 - SORT cn
[07/Jan/2008:16:36:02 -0800] conn=1964292 op=1 msgId=2 - VLV 1:1:dpelinka 2973:11893 (0)
[07/Jan/2008:16:36:02 -0800] conn=1964292 op=1 msgId=2 - RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=3 etime=0
NON-ADMIN TEST SEARCH
-bash-3.00$ ./test_vlvindex.shl
index 2973 content count 11893
DS log-bash-3.00$ grep "conn=1973983 op=1 msgId=2" access
[07/Jan/2008:16:37:53 -0800] conn=1973983 op=1 msgId=2 - SRCH base="ou=people,o=pcc.edu,o=cp" scope=2 filter="(pdsRole=Employee)" attrs="uid"
[07/Jan/2008:16:37:53 -0800] conn=1973983 op=1 msgId=2 - SORT cn
[07/Jan/2008:16:37:53 -0800] conn=1973983 op=1 msgId=2 - VLV 1:1:dpelinka 2973:11893 (0)
[07/Jan/2008:16:37:53 -0800] conn=1973983 op=1 msgId=2 - RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=0 etime=0
ADMIN OC SEARCH
-bash-3.00$ grep -i vlv access
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=14 msgId=15 - VLV 0:8:0:0 1:11893 (0)
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=15 msgId=16 - VLV 0:10:9:0 10:11893 (0)
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=16 msgId=17 - VLV 0:17:20:0 21:11893 (0)
-bash-3.00$ grep "conn=1000785 op=14 msgId=15" access
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=14 msgId=15 - SRCH base="ou=people,o=pcc.edu,o=cp" scope=2 filter="(pdsRole=Employee)" attrs="uid mail cn title company telephoneNumber physicalDeliveryOfficeName objectClass"
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=14 msgId=15 - SORT cn
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=14 msgId=15 - VLV 0:8:0:0 1:11893 (0)
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=14 msgId=15 - RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=9 etime=0
-bash-3.00$ grep "conn=1000785 op=15" access
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=15 msgId=16 - SRCH base="ou=people,o=pcc.edu,o=cp" scope=2 filter="(pdsRole=Employee)" attrs="uid mail cn title company telephoneNumber physicalDeliveryOfficeName objectClass"
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=15 msgId=16 - SORT cn
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=15 msgId=16 - VLV 0:10:9:0 10:11893 (0)
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=15 msgId=16 - RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=11 etime=0
-bash-3.00$ grep "conn=1000785 op=16 msgId=17" access
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=16 msgId=17 - SRCH base="ou=people,o=pcc.edu,o=cp" scope=2 filter="(pdsRole=Employee)" attrs="uid mail cn title company telephoneNumber physicalDeliveryOfficeName objectClass"
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=16 msgId=17 - SORT cn
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=16 msgId=17 - VLV 0:17:20:0 21:11893 (0)
[07/Jan/2008:16:42:58 -0800] conn=1000785 op=16 msgId=17 - RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=18 etime=0
NON-ADMIN OC SEARCH
-bash-3.00$ grep -i vlv access
[07/Jan/2008:17:26:04 -0800] conn=2220710 op=1 msgId=2 - VLV 1:1:1:0 2:11893 (0)
[07/Jan/2008:17:26:04 -0800] conn=2220710 op=2 msgId=3 - VLV 0:8:0:0 1:11893 (0)
-bash-3.00$ grep "conn=2220710 op=1" access
[07/Jan/2008:17:26:04 -0800] conn=2220710 op=1 msgId=2 - SRCH base="ou=people,o=pcc.edu,o=cp" scope=2 filter="(pdsRole=Employee)" attrs="cn mail uid objectClass"
[07/Jan/2008:17:26:04 -0800] conn=2220710 op=1 msgId=2 - SORT cn
[07/Jan/2008:17:26:04 -0800] conn=2220710 op=1 msgId=2 - VLV 1:1:1:0 2:11893 (0)
[07/Jan/2008:17:26:04 -0800] conn=2220710 op=1 msgId=2 - RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=0 etime=0
-bash-3.00$ grep "conn=2220710 op=2" access.20080107-171147
[07/Jan/2008:17:26:04 -0800] conn=2220710 op=2 msgId=3 - SRCH base="ou=people,o=pcc.edu,o=cp" scope=2 filter="(pdsRole=Employee)" attrs="uid mail cn title company telephoneNumber physicalDeliveryOfficeName objectClass"
[07/Jan/2008:17:26:04 -0800] conn=2220710 op=2 msgId=3 - SORT cn
[07/Jan/2008:17:26:04 -0800] conn=2220710 op=2 msgId=3 - VLV 0:8:0:0 1:11893 (0)
[07/Jan/2008:17:26:04 -0800] conn=2220710 op=2 msgId=3 - RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=0 etime=0
-bash-3.00$
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