SMBSPOOL_KRB5_WRAPPE(8)

💖 SMBSPOOL_KRB5_WRAPPE 💖

okay so bestie, we're doing a manual page for smbspool_krb5_wrapper, which lives in section 8 of the System Administration tools manual. yes she's a sysadmin girlie. yes she's iconic. let's go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

smbspool_krb5_wrapper — this is a CUPS printing backend which calls smbspool

like. that's her whole job description. she's the middleman. the plug. the go-between. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

smbspool_krb5_wrapper {job} {user} {title} {copies} {options} [filename]

those curly braces? they're CUPS handing her the whole entire situation: the job, the user, the title, the copies, the options, and maybe a filename if you're feeling generous. she takes them all. she's flexible like that. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This tool is part of the samba(7) suite. so like, she has a whole family, she's not out here alone. 👑

smbspool_krb5_wrapper is a tool that can be used to print using Kerberos credentials. yes, Kerberos credentials, we're being fancy and secure, no cap. 🔥

to get this working, smbspool_krb5_wrapper needs to be the smb backend of CUPS. it needs to be owned by root and the permissions for the binary need to be 0700. like, lock her down, bestie, she's got main character energy and she needs a velvet rope. 💅

once smbspool_krb5_wrapper switched to the user trying to print, it executes smbspool. so she does the identity handoff and then smbspool takes it from there. teamwork, fr fr. 🫶

⚠️ ok important: it should not be called by a user. like, do not. do not do it. she is not for you to summon directly, she's for CUPS. respect the pipeline. 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• smbspool(8). her bestie. her ride or die. go read that one too. 💜

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🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. absolute legend, we stan. 👑

Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed. community-coded, community-loved, that's the vibe. 🌸

The smbspool_krb5_wrapper manpage was written by Andreas Schneider. thank you for the lore, king. 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one shipped in Samba 4.24.7, dated 09/09/2026 — write that down, it's on the test. 💖✨🦋