MAC OS X PDC questions

[sentofuno]

hi all

i set up a domain at home with 10.4.8 server with the intention of learning more about windows domains for some projects at work. i use macs where possible, which is why my home domain is not controlled by a windows server. i have managed to create and log on to windows machines (a mix of XP Pro and Server 2003 installs) to the domain, but can’t seem to do a lot with them.

i log on to the windows machines as ‘diradmin’ – i assumed this would be the domain administrator account and would be able to do anything, on any machine in the domain. i have not set up any other accounts as yet. but wirh diradmin i cannot install programs, run certain apps, open administrative controls, or even access certain folders.

i have gotten so far by making it up as i go along, but i may be misunderstanding a concept or ten. if anyone can tell me how to create/change an account with domain-wide administrative powers i’d be very grateful.

thanks in advance

[gverhoff]

First thing to do is check and make sure that the user is added into the administrators group on the XP box. With out that, any domain wide accounts will be treated as user level privileges only.

You’ll probably want to test this with a few test accounts to make sure it works across multiple accounts.

You can also do this by group, the naming is fairly arbitrary but you can add your test accounts into a domain group and then add that group to the local admin group on the specific xp boxes you want to test with.

As for adding those to the admins group at domain join, i’m not a hundred percent sure on this but you will probably have to script it somehow in vbscript or possibly batch files. Hope that info helped.

[sentofuno]

yes thanks, thats prolly saved me hours of futile guesswork. if i know something just plain isn’t supposed to work the way i have it in my head even that is a huge help.

i will give setting up my diradmin as a local admin a go. cheers again.

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