Workstation Only Administrator 1

[mufka]

After moving an NT workstation into a Domain, the user who logs into the pc can't administer the workstation. Is there a way to allow a specific user to have administrative access to the pc? Can these permissions be added to an existing user so I don't screw up the profile?

Thanks

 

[Yorick]

By default, the domain users only get local user access to the local machine. If you want to give them more access, you'll need to add them to either the local machine's Power Users or Adminstrators group. That's the easiest way.

 

[mufka]

If I have a local user called Joe and I add that user to the Power Users or Administrators group, and Joe logs into the domain (change pulldown on login screen from local pc to domain) the domain permissions take over. Therefore, I'm not really logging in as local user Joe so the local groups don't matter. There is no Power Users group in the domain. Am I right?

 

[Yorick]

Mufka,
You do not need to create the local user Joe. Here is what you do...
1) Create DOMAIN\Joe
2) Logon to system as the local Administrator (LOCAL\Administrator) or a domain admin (DOMAIN\Administrator)
3) Open User Manager for Domains
4) Edit the the Power Users (LOCAL\Power Users) or local Administrators (LOCAL\Administrators) group.
5) Add DOMAIN\Joe to either of those groups.

Remember, you can add domain users to local groups. Hope this helps.