Re: security settings totally messed up

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From: Ulf B. Simon-Weidner [MVP] (nospam2-ulf_at_usw-consulting.com)
Date: 02/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 23:19:38 +0100

Ali says...
> OK,
>
> It seems like group policy is block me (the admin) from
> accessing many admin tools. When I try to restore default
> G. Policy settings using dcgpofix, I get:
>
> unable to open the GPO due to access denied. Verify that
> permission on the file access path
> e:\windows\system\...Registry.pol and the active
> directory path LDAP://aqar3.aqar.com/CN=
> {31b....},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=aqar,DC=com are
> sufficient to modify the GPO.
> Access is denied.
>
> How do I check and modify the permissions of this active
> directory path?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ali
>
Hello Ali,

you are able to change the NTFS-Permissions using Windows Explorer, and the
Active Directory Permissions using ADSIEdit from the support tools.

Gruesse - Sincerely,

Ulf B. Simon-Weidner

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