Checking user privelege

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If I don't have administrator rights - how do I check to see what
rights I do have?
 
Howard Brazee said:
If I don't have administrator rights - how do I check to see what
rights I do have?
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Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
Type this:
net user %UserName% {Enter}

This will tell you what groups you belong to.
 
Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
Type this:
net user %UserName% {Enter}

This will tell you what groups you belong to.
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Let me give some more detail. We use BlueZone terminal emulation
here. Users start it and it opens up a browser, checks to see what
browser is being used, and if it is IE, goes to a web page that loads
the terminal emulator using Active-X. Well, one of the system tools
thought active-x was a spyware program and deleted it off of
everybody's machine. So I was on the phone with a bunch of people,
telling them to reinstall active-x. Some people had privilege to do
so, and others did not. The ones that did not required support
people to do it for them.

These users aren't computer savvy. I want to determine from talking
with them on the phone whether they have the appropriate privilege.

I tested out your suggestion on my computer and got:
C:\>net user %UserName%
The user name could not be found.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2221.
 
Howard Brazee said:
Let me give some more detail. We use BlueZone terminal emulation
here. Users start it and it opens up a browser, checks to see what
browser is being used, and if it is IE, goes to a web page that loads
the terminal emulator using Active-X. Well, one of the system tools
thought active-x was a spyware program and deleted it off of
everybody's machine. So I was on the phone with a bunch of people,
telling them to reinstall active-x. Some people had privilege to do
so, and others did not. The ones that did not required support
people to do it for them.

These users aren't computer savvy. I want to determine from talking
with them on the phone whether they have the appropriate privilege.

I tested out your suggestion on my computer and got:
C:\>net user %UserName%
The user name could not be found.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2221.
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You did not say that you work in a domain environment!

You could create a batch file called "groups.bat" in the
netlogon share of your PDC with these lines:

@echo off
net user %UserName% /domain
echo Press the Space Bar to close this window
pause > nul

Now ask your users to do this:
- Click Start / Run
- Type \\YourServer\netlogon\groups.bat {OK}
- Report the last few lines visible on the screen
 
You did not say that you work in a domain environment!

You could create a batch file called "groups.bat" in the
netlogon share of your PDC with these lines:

@echo off
net user %UserName% /domain
echo Press the Space Bar to close this window
pause > nul

Now ask your users to do this:
- Click Start / Run
- Type \\YourServer\netlogon\groups.bat {OK}
- Report the last few lines visible on the screen
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I'm just a programmer, but I could start Resin and let them do this.
But it probably would be easier to have them do the command. Trouble
is, I don't know how to interpret the results.

This command provides data for the following:
User name
Full Name
Comment
User's comment
Country code
Account active
Account expires

Password last set
Password expires
Password changeable
Password required
User may change password

Workstations allowed
Logon script
User profile
Home directory
Last logon

Logon hours allowed

Local Group Memberships
Global Group memberships


The command completed successfully.


But I don't see which say whether that person can upgrade Active-X.
 
When they are denied permission to install, you have the answer.
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Working with users, it is sometimes useful to double check to make
sure communication was adequate.
 
A user's privilige depends on his group memberships. Compare
them between two users, one of which can do the installation
and one which can't.
 
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