Re: How do I set up a Roaming Administrator's Profile?
From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 08/27/04
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 22:25:49 -0400
Hi - did you see your replies to your other post? Please don't multipost -
if you need to post to multiple groups, it's best to crosspost instead, by
posting a single message to a handful of relevant groups (separate the NG
names with commas) so that everyone can follow the thread. Thanks :-)
Steve Hull wrote:
> I'm having a hard time setting up a roaming profile for a user with
> Administrative privileges. I have no trouble setting up roaming
> profiles in general, but for some reason they lose their Admin
> privileges after I set them up as a roaming profile.
>
> I'm running W2K Pro & Server, w/SP4. I create a local user (i.e.,
> JOE_ADMIN) on a W2k Pro machine and make the account a member of the
> Admins group. I log in as JOE_ADMIN to create a local profile, then
> log out. I've verified that JOE_ADMIN has admin privileges on the
> local machine.
>
> In ADUC, I create a user and configure the user properties to save the
> roaming profile in a shared PROFILES subdirectory, e.g.,
> \\SRV_NAME\PROFILES\JOE_ADMIN. I make JOE a member of the
> Administrators group.
>
> Then, back at the workstation, I log in as Administrator and use the
> (System Properties->User Profiles) COPY TO command to copy JOE_ADMIN's
> local profile from the workstation up to
> \\SRV_NAME\PROFILES\JOE_ADMIN. I configure "Permitted to use" so
> DOMAIN\JOE_ADMIN can access the profile. Then I log off as
> Administrator on the workstation.
>
> When I log in as JOE_ADMIN@DOMAIN at the workstation, JOE's profile
> gets downloaded successfully. I can make changes to JOE's desktop and
> they get saved in the roaming profile. If I log into another
> workstation, the desktop changes are still there. However, JOE is no
> longer a member of the local Admin's group, even on the original
> machine I used to set up the local profile, before promoting it to
> being a roaming profile.
>
> Am I missing something, or is there some trick to assigning local
> Admin priviliges to a user with a roaming profile? There are some
> programs I want to run on the local machine that require local admin
> priviliges, and I'd like to run them even though I'm logged in as a
> roaming user. I've run into problems using RUN AS that are a subject
> for another day.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Steve
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