[20546] in bugtraq
Re: Permanently remove iis printer mapping
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David LeBlanc)
Thu May 3 17:29:32 2001
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Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 20:04:43 -0700
Reply-To: dleblanc@mindspring.com
From: David LeBlanc <dleblanc@mindspring.com>
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
In-Reply-To: <200105012136.OAA29603@user8.hushmail.com>
> -----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.
