Hierarchy of groups and users

[johnsuth]

In trying to wrap my brain around Microsoft's conventions for defining groups and users, I have outlined the following hierarchy. I will be grateful if you can correct me, or point me to a better explanation.

LOCAL
Everyone
Administrators
Builtin/Administrators
Creator Owner
Users
Builtin/Users
Standard or Power users
Restricted or Limited users
Help Services
NT Authority
System
Guests
NETWORK
???

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Groups overview
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/lsm_local_groups.mspx

Groups and default security settings
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../en-us/windows_security_default_settings.mspx

Security identifiers
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../all/proddocs/en-us/aclui_well_known_sid.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[johnsuth]

Groups overview
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/lsm_local_groups.mspx

Groups and default security settings
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../en-us/windows_security_default_settings.mspx

Security identifiers
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../all/proddocs/en-us/aclui_well_known_sid.mspx

Thanks Wes. When I try to find information of this relevance on the MS web site, the hyperlinks lead me away from it, and the search engine innundates me with irrelevant articles.

As is generally my experience in newsgroups, the information you have provided has not directly answered my question, but has given me a better understanding of my problem so that I can more accurately formulate the next question.

I will post it under Anonymous Login Security Group.