RE: Local user policy



Hello Dennis,

Thank you for posting back!

I am glad to hear that the information helps. If you need any assistance
regard the SBS server in the future, please feel free to post back. I am
glad to be working with you again!

Best regards,

Brandy Nee

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>Brandy,
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>Thanks for your answer, this is exactly what i was looking for.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Dennis Bot
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>
>""Brandy Nee [MSFT]"" wrote:
>
>> Hello DBot,
>>
>> Thank you for posting to the SBS Newsgroup.
>>
>> From your description, I understand that you want to add a user group to
>> local administrators group on client computers. If I have misunderstood
>> your concern, please let me know.
>>
>> Please see my following information:
>>
>> 1> You mentioned "be member of the "super user" group", I need to know
is
>> it server side or client workstation side "super user" group?
>>
>> 2> To add domain users to local groups, there are several methods:
>>
>> ============
>> Method One:
>>
>> You can do it by a simple script as following:
>>
>> Net localgroup administrators [domain name]\domain users /add
>>
>> Save the file as a .bat file, then open Domain Group Policy, open
Computer
>> configuration\windows settings\scripts\startup, locate the bat file.
>>
>> When client computer starts up, the command will be executed by system
>> account to add the domain users group to local administrators group.
>>
>> =============
>> Method Two:
>>
>> You can use Restricted Groups policy on Domain policy to add users to
>> workstations' local group. To do so:
>>
>> 1. Start Active Directory Users and Computers from SBS 2K3 server.
>>
>> 2. Create an organizational unit, and then move all of the appropriate
>> workstations to that organizational unit.
>>
>> 3. Create a global group in that organizational unit, and then add the
>> appropriate users to that group.
>>
>> 4. Create a new GPO and link this GPO to the new OU.
>>
>> 5. Right click the new GPO and select Edit.
>>
>> 6. You are in the Group Policy Object Editor.
>>
>> 7. Right-click Restricted Groups (under Computer Configuration\Windows
>> Settings\Security Settings\Restricted Groups), and then click Add Group.
>>
>> 8. Type administrators and then click OK.
>>
>> 9. In the Members of this Group box, click ADD, and then click Browse.
>>
>> 11. Locate the group in the organizational unit that you want to place
in
>> the administrators group, and then add it the group. After you do so,
close
>> the group policy.
>>
>> 12. At a command prompt, type "secedit /refreshpolicy machine_policy
>> /enforce" (without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER.
>>
>> NOTE: This method will remove the users/groups which are individually
added
>> to local administrators group from workstation. If you want to append
the
>> original users/groups, in step 9, please click Add next to This group us
a
>> member of.
>>
>> For more information, please refer to:
>>
>> 320065 How to Configure a Global Group to Be a Member of the
Administrators
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320065
>>
>> Hope this information helps. If anything is unclear, please let me know.
I
>> am looking forward to hearing from you!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Brandy Nee
>>
>> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>>
>> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>> ======================================================
>> This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have issues
>> regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the
corresponding
>> newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely
manner.
>> You can locate the newsgroup here:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
>>
>> When opening a new thread via the web interface, we recommend you check
the
>> "Notify me of replies" box to receive e-mail notifications when there
are
>> any updates in your thread. When responding to posts via your
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>> please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
>> issue.
>>
>> Microsoft engineers can only focus on one issue per thread. Although we
>> provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
>> different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In
doing
>> so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
>>
>> For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly.
Please
>> check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>>
>> Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
>> ======================================================
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>>
>>
>>
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>> >I'm looking for an easy and fast way to change the local account
settings
>> of
>> >client computer from users. What i want is to change the local account
>> policy
>> >so that a user was first a member of the "user" group but with next
logon
>> >he/she will be member of the "super user" group. And that for the
entire
>> >domain or for single group? is this possible?
>> >
>>
>>
>

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