Re: Startup Script from AD policy

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david carvalho wrote:

> Hi!
> I'm writing a simple script under some "OU" policy, computer
> configuration\windows settings\scripts
> it runs ok when it's just to write something on screen for example. The
> problem is tha I want to run an executable (when the machine starts up,
> not
> when users log in), and I can't place the executable on the same folder as
> the script so I can access it. I get a permission denied. So I put the
> executable on the NETLOGON folder. But I guess that this folder is only
> accessible after some domain user logs on. I get the same problem when
> putting the executable under a shared folder with read/write permissions
> for
> everyone.
> How can I force the workstations to execute this remote file ?
> thanks !
> david

Startup scripts run with System permissions on the local machine and with
the permissions of the computer object in the domain. When I need to allow a
startup script access to a shared folder, I grant permissions to the "Domain
Computers" group.

--
Richard
Microsoft MVP Scripting and ADSI
Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net


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