What is the LocalSystem account in Services?

[Anton Feiertag]

Hi All

What exactly is the LocalSystem account in services? What rights does
LocalSystem have? I am getting a messaeg "No default printer selected" when
users are browsing our Web Server. I have tried to start the "IIS Admin
Service" (and other related services) as a user (Log on As) that has User as
well as Administrator rights, but then they can't browse at all. Why is
this? I have rebooted the Win 2000 server afterwards.

Is the LocalSystem user the same as the Administrator?


Thanks
Anton

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Hi All

What exactly is the LocalSystem account in services? What rights does
LocalSystem have? I am getting a messaeg "No default printer selected" when
users are browsing our Web Server. I have tried to start the "IIS Admin
Service" (and other related services) as a user (Log on As) that has User as
well as Administrator rights, but then they can't browse at all. Why is
this? I have rebooted the Win 2000 server afterwards.

Is the LocalSystem user the same as the Administrator?


Thanks
Anton

LocalSystem is the built-in System account.
It has all the rights and permission of Administrator, BUT it has no network access ability.


Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com