Re: administrating workgroup from domain

From: Richard G. Harper (rgharper_at_email.com)
Date: 09/28/04


Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:26:06 -0400

It doesn't work that way. You can connect to a workgroup PC with an account
that is an administrator on that computer and get administrator access, but
just because both accounts are administrators in their separate security
spaces doesn't mean that rights transfer from one to the other.

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"Mtek" <jimlily2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:9C008DEA-A321-437A-92E8-DAEB29F75E66@microsoft.com...
>I am not work this work this week so I can't try this. But seeing as I have
> an local admin account on the workgroup machine and a local admin account 
> on
> the domain machine, shouldn't I be able to log in locallally on the domain
> machine then administrer the workgroup machine?
>
> "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
>
>> An administrator on a remote PC may not be an administrator on the local 
>> PC.
>> The account names, passwords and rights must match between all clients 
>> for
>> the same rights to be granted on the client computer.
>>
>> -- 
>> Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x]  rgharper@email.com
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>>
>> "Mtek" <jimlily2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:E599F916-48DC-4DF7-AA11-5DBDE429D975@microsoft.com...
>> > Shouldn't there be some way of validating an administrator on the 
>> > remote
>> > machine locally?
>> >
>> > "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You can't.  The reason you can administer a domain is because the
>> >> security
>> >> settings are centrally held.  On a workgroup each workstation keeps 
>> >> its
>> >> own
>> >> security settings.
>> >>
>> >> -- 
>> >> Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x]  rgharper@email.com
>> >> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
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>> >> * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Mtek" <jimlily2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:A16B3922-0C13-4851-B53B-BCED601DDE4C@microsoft.com...
>> >> > How can I set up a workgroup on our network that I can
>> >> > administer(remote)
>> >> > from my admin domain workstation?
>> >> >
>> >> > I would like to be able to have admin access as I do in the domain. 
>> >> > But
>> >> > still leave the workgroup/user not able to share/use domain 
>> >> > resources.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>> 


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