Re: the "net computer" command

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 04/01/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:23:51 -0800

Hi, thanks it is clear. Could you please tell me how to
add users into workstation's local user group through a
command from the PDC?

Thanks
>-----Original Message-----
>You should leave the computer in the domain, and then
just remove everyone
>from the local users group on the machine, and put the
one user you want into
>the local users group - then they will be the only user
that the machine
>recognizes (except for local&domain administrators).
>By default, the global "domain users" group is added to
the local "users"
>group when a machine joins the domain - this is why
everyone can log into the
>machine.
>
>If you are talking about doing this with multiple people
(but only one of them
>at a time to be allowed to log in), you could create a
global group named
>something like "bobusers" if the machine were named bob,
then put this group
>(and no one else) into the local users group on bob, then
you can control
>access to bob by just moving a user in or out of the
group bobusers.
>
>If you assign rights by groups like this, then you do not
need to modify the
>rights to make a change, just who the group members are.
>
>I hope this is reasonably clear, and helps.
>
>In article <1631001c41725$7bd211d0
$a301280a@phx.gbl>, "Brumoon"
><brumoon@apiit.lk> wrote:
> |I am having problems with the net computer command. Any
> |one here used it?
> |It seems fine when I delete a computer from the
> |domain "net computer \\comp /del",
> |but when I add it back to the domain "net computer
> |\\comp /add", it doesnt allow
> |domain users to login, saying the computer is not
> |availabel in the domain!! HELP!
> |
> |Anyway, the reason why I require this is to enable a
policy
> |of booking a specifc computer by a specific user. Since
> |any one can use the computer I have decided to take the
> |computer out of the domain as the solution for stopping
> |users from logging in. When the user who has booked the
> |computer comes in, I will add the computer to the
domain
> |and let him use it. But the /add doesnt work. I have
tried
> |net user /workstation command to restrict users to
> |specific machines but it doesnt STOP people from
logging
> |into specific machines!
> |
> |Any light into this dark area would be appreciated!
> |
> |Sorry if the question sounds stupid and there is a very
> |simple answer to it!
> |
> |== Visit Sri Lanka, Paradise Regained ==
>
>--
>You can take my advice. Or leave it. Just remember what
you paid for it.
>.
>

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