Re: Delegation of Control

From: jv (jv_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/10/04


Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:10:01 -0800

I ran DCW and it works fine. I also found other postings that show how to do
it manually through the security tab on OU or container.
* I DID NOTICE THAT HELPDESK AND DESKTOP GROUP CAN'T RESET THEIR OWN ACCOUNT
PASSWORD IN AD USERS AND COMPUTERS. THEY CAN RESET ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS. IS
THIS BY DESIGN OR DID I MISS A STEP?

"Ulf B. Simon-Weidner [MVP]" wrote:

> "Ulf B. Simon-Weidner [MVP]" <nospam2-ulf@usw-consulting.com> wrote in
> message news:nospam2-ulf@usw-consulting.com:
> > "jv" <jv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:jv@discussions.microsoft.com:
> > > I just upgraded my test environment to w2k3 AD. Now I want to be able
> > > to
> > >
> > > delegate control for my helpdesk and desktop team to be able to reset
> > > passwords, unlock accounts, join computers to domain, remove computers
> > > from
> > > domain, and read access to view properties of accounts.
> > >
> > > What is best way to achieve this?
> >
> > Hello jv,
> >
> > The most tasks you outlined are in the delegation of control wizard,
> > just click on the approbiate OU and choose "delegation" from the
> > context menu.
> >
> > Everybody has read access, so you don't need to configure that. And
> > they are able the change accounts they create. Reset passwords is
> > provided in the delegation wizard, create and delete computer objects
> > is provided.
> >
> > To unlock locked user accounts you have to delegate write rights on the
> > "lockoutTime"-Attribute.
> >
>
> What I forgot:
>
> Here's a explaination on the lockoutTime-Attribute:
> http://www.windowsserverfaq.de/faq/ADQueries/lockoutTime.asp
>
> And here a example how to set it with DSAcls:
> http://www.windowsserverfaq.de/wiki/wikien.asp?db=Wiki&dbname=DefaultDb&o=ActiveDirectoryDelegation
>
>
> --
> Gruesse - Sincerely,
>
> Ulf B. Simon-Weidner
>
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