RE: Modifying Computer Account Description Via Script



Hello,

Thank you for using newsgroup and thanks Steve for his kindly input.

Thanks & Regards,

Ken Zhao

Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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| Thanks! That was exactly it.
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| "Steve B" wrote:
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| > They will need simply write permission to the Description attribute for
| > Computer objects.
| >
| > You will set this on the OU where the computer accounts are.
| >
| > "jmedd" wrote:
| >
| > > I'm using a script based on a Hey Scripting Guy article
| > >
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/apr05/hey0429
..mspx) which updates the Description field of the computer account.
| > >
| > > The script works fine for me when I run it as an admin account, but
errors
| > > when run from a standard user account.
| > >
| > > General Access Denied Error:
| > > 80070005
| > > Active Directory
| > >
| > > The article states that "...youâ??ll have to make sure that all your
users
| > > have permissions to change the Description attribute for both their
own
| > > account and for the computer account."
| > >
| > > Can anyone enlighten me on what permissions would be needed for a
standard
| > > user to be able to do this? FYI...none of our computer accounts are
in the
| > > default computers container, rather they live in a different OU. I
suspect I
| > > need to delegate some permissions to this OU, but can't find details
anywhere
| > > of what is required.
|

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