Connecting Workgroup clients

[happyhacker]

I do not quite understand how a client with an admin user (used only for configuring the PC) and a normal user (used for day2day work and thus all the files and settings) gets treated when added to the domain. Do I need to configure the client as a single user (and an admin account) first?

Thanks for your time.

 

[EssoOil]

Sorry, but I dont think you've explained that very well. When you say "client" do you man user, PC or a customer?

When you say 'added to the domain', you will have already created a user account for these people on your SBS and will have also set their access level (standard user or admin user).

This means that when they join the domain and login to their PC their access rights are already set for them. It does not matter if a user was previously an administrator when they were part of a workgroup, they will become whatever your SBS tells them they are now.

In our organisation, most staff are standard users so they can do their work but cant change any settings or install files or printers etc.

Some staff have admin rights which means they can install printers and do other basic admin tasks but there are still many limitations, they are not full admin. Like they said in the Highlander Movie "there can be only one" (admin).

So, whenever something technical needs to be done to their PC I log in using the SBS admin account details. The same login details I use when I login to the actual server. This means I'm not going to get a message saying "You don’t have sufficient privileges to do that".

Actually, I think on one occasion I did join a Workgroup user who was an administrator to the domain and although I had set their account type as a standard user when I checked they had admin rights.

Hope this helps a bit.

 

[happyhacker]

Thanks, I was actually (and probably confused about) referring to the state of the logon at the PC. Currently each PC has an Admin logon and a "User" logon (e.g. Info). The logon can be used by anyone who knows the pwd to Info. On a domain a person by name will be configured (I guess so that that persons log can be unique as opposed to a functional logon). Am I right in thinking then that when the PC is added to the domain those logons previously offered will be replaced by that domain Users (added to the server list of users) logon screen? Thus the PC Users Admin and Info will effectively be absent unless the PC is switched back to being a workgroup machine (unlikely).

I was referring to the PC being the client and not the person.

Thanks for your time.

 

[EssoOil]

happyhacker wrote "Am I right in thinking that when the PC is added to the domain those logons previously offered will be replaced by those domain Users"

Yes, once the PC has been successfully connected to the SBS domain using

http://connect

anyone who has a valid user acount on the SBS can log onto the PC using the details you entered when you created their accounts on the SBS.

When you login to a client PC if you click the More-> button you get the choice of logging in to the domain or the local PC.

As for switching the PC back to being a workgroup machine I'm not sure what would happen.

Hope this helps.

 

[happyhacker]

AH!, I see so the server takes over the logon process. So the only way to logon to the loacl machine after that is if the server looses contact with the PC. That's made it much clearer, thanks.

Thanks for your time.