granting a domain user local "power user" rights...

[Brad Pears]

We have a windows 2003 terminal server. Our accounting application demands
that the logged on user (TS session) has local "power user" rights in order
to run the app.

In XP, you could add the domain user using the Control Panel applet "Users
and Passwords" where you could specify the domain the user belonged to -
hence giving the domain user logging onto that machine the appropriate local
rights...

This app is nowhere to be found on my Windows 2003 server and I am logged on
as the administrator.

How can I grant a domain user local rights on a windows 2003 server?

Thanks,

Brad

 

[Franklin Huang]

1) Open Computer Management.
2) Expand Local users and Groups and highlight Groups.
3) On the Right Pane, double-click on Power Users.
4) In the Power Users Properties page, click Add to add the users accordingly.

Hope this helps.
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Best Regards,
Franklin Huang

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| We have a windows 2003 terminal server. Our accounting application demands
| that the logged on user (TS session) has local "power user" rights in order
| to run the app.
|
| In XP, you could add the domain user using the Control Panel applet "Users
| and Passwords" where you could specify the domain the user belonged to -
| hence giving the domain user logging onto that machine the appropriate local
| rights...
|
| This app is nowhere to be found on my Windows 2003 server and I am logged on
| as the administrator.
|
| How can I grant a domain user local rights on a windows 2003 server?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Brad
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[Vera Noest [MVP]]

I wouldn't do this, you are in for big trouble with such a setup,
and it is never needed.

I would download FileMon and RegMon from
http://www.sysinternals.com/. Run them as administrator, start
a TS session as a normal user and try to run the application.

FileMon and RegMon will show you all "access denied" errors
that occur, so that you can give your users the necessary
permissions on a file-to file or Registry subkey basis.

 

[Brad Pears]

Perfect. Thanks Vera... You are right - I do not like the idea of giving
users this type of access...

 

[Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]]

www.threatcode.com

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,9882,00.asp

Identify the keys that the database needs... HACK IT.. run as user mode.

Perfect. Thanks Vera... You are right - I do not like the idea of giving
users this type of access...

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