Just roll out an image once in a while and pretend you've made some major security improvements in the new image and everybody's happy. :D No, fortunately, that's not the way it works at the moment. :)
I chose to grant Users rights to the users, not administrative or Power Users. This will prevent the spread of spyware, since users can't install anything, so also not any serious spyware. I have created a domain user that is member of the local Power Users group so users can use that account to...
Indeed. All my workstations are in one location and installing something isn't such a big problem. It indeed doesn't happen that often as long as you make sure most standard tools are installed in the image. I just keep trying to put myself out of a job though by making sure I need to intervene...
I also don't want users in the Local Admin group because then they can modify local users' rights. They can give their own account Local Administrative rights, creating security problems with virus and spyware spreading. That was the whole problem. Well, I'll just stick to creating a domain user...
I am using a Samba PDC for authentication, so no Active Directory. Besides, I want users to be able to install software themselves, without intervertion of myself. If I have to intervene, I can as well install it myself on their pc.
Hi all,
I have deployed Windows XP Pro on a small network with some 30 pc's. Authentication is done against a Samba PDC. I don not want to make users Power User of Administrators for security reasons, but I would like to give them the flexibility to install software if they really need it. To...
hi people,
I'm a local systemadministrator working at a place which runs banyan vines. I'm (unfortunately) not a server administrator. At home, where i'm directely connected to my office LAN, I want to set up a private network with a Linux redhat 7.2 server. I can't seem to log in to the vines...
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