Re: Security for adding workstations

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From: Spyke (spyke_at_mailinator.com)
Date: 05/07/04 

Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 07:05:52 -0700

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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:E0AF27D3-158B-473F-92A2-1B0FE596389F@microsoft.com:

> We presently have Active Directory in a single domain model. We are
> assigning security to our remote sites at the OU level. Meaning each
> site has their own OU and they have Full Control over their OU. We are
> having problems with our LAN admins ability to add workstations to the
> domain. As you know, by default, the workstations get put into the
> "computers" directory when adding them to the domain. We do not want
> to give LAN admins that access and would like them to be able to add
> the workstation directly to their OU. Any ideas??
>

Train the remote admins to create the computer accounts in the correct OU
before joining the computer to the domain. Then you don't need to worry
about giving them access to the Computers container. 

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Cheers,
Spyke

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