Re: User Accounts
From: rjenk (rjenk_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/08/05
- Next message: Fec: "Re: GPO's don't work at all"
- Previous message: ireland: "licences issue"
- In reply to: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]: "Re: User Accounts"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 02:43:01 -0800
Susan,
Thanks for clearing that up for me. I had assumed that those accounts were
for local only but I wanted to make sure.
Take care,
Ray
"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks" wrote:
> Inline
>
> rjenk wrote:
> > I need to get a little insight on user accounts.
> >
> > I have a 20 station SBS2k3 domain setup. On all the XP workstations when
> > you look at the Control Panel > User Accounts I have the following:
> >
> > Administrator (local workstation domain) - With a different password
> > Admin (local workstation domain) - With a different password
> > UserName (SBS domain) - User's password
> >
> > When checking the properties of the UserName account on the workstation, you
> > can change the user from Standard User, Restricted User or chose from a drop
> > down menu listing that includes Administrator.
> >
> > Does making a change to that user's settings there affect their domain
> > rights? For instance, if the user was a member of the User group on the
> > server (using the standard groups defined in the SBS install) and I change
> > them to Administrator on workstation under the Control Panel > User Accounts,
> > what have I actually changed? Does it change local administration to that
> > workstation even though it shows that user as a SBS domain user and not a
> > local user or is the change related to the user's settings on the server?
>
> You are only changing the rights on the LOCAL machine, The user is still
> a mere "user" on the server at the domain, but an admin on his local
> machine.
>
> >
> > What is the best way for this to be setup? In the event that the server is
> > down could the user sign into the workstation and work locally with these
> > settings?
> >
>
> My server rarely goes down and cached credentials will let them log onto
> a nonexistent domain.
>
> > Sorry but I am just a little confused on the relationship between what I see
> > under the workstation's Users Accounts versus what is on the server.
>
> They are two separate rights.
> >
> > Thanks so much...
> > Ray
>
> --
> An open letter to the Security Community::
> http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2004/12/12/23540.aspx
>
- Next message: Fec: "Re: GPO's don't work at all"
- Previous message: ireland: "licences issue"
- In reply to: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]: "Re: User Accounts"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Relevant Pages
|
