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a new local admin group on XP machines thru GP 1
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Do you just want to add users to the local admins group already on the XP machines? If so, you can use RESTRICTED GROUPS to do this. You could also use that if you wanted to add people/groups to say, the POWER USERS group on the machines.
Pat Richard, MCSE(2) MCSA:Messaging, CNA(2)
Pat Richard, MCSE(2) MCSA:Messaging, CNA(2)
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Thank you. It works pretty good but has a downside. It
removes all user or group accounts from the Administrators group except the local Administrator account replacing it with the new settings, in my case with this one group (our techs) that need full access.
Certain software we run requires Administrator privileges (so far no decent workaround), and so I have the local Administrators group occasionally populated with various user accounts that have to stay. Only the new group has to be added
everywhere.
removes all user or group accounts from the Administrators group except the local Administrator account replacing it with the new settings, in my case with this one group (our techs) that need full access.
Certain software we run requires Administrator privileges (so far no decent workaround), and so I have the local Administrators group occasionally populated with various user accounts that have to stay. Only the new group has to be added
everywhere.
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You can use the "Net Localgroup" command to add the group you need to the systems.
The easiest way to use it remotely would be to use the PSExec command from
Simply
psexec \\computer net localgroup Administrators /ADD "yourdomain\your global group"
Good luck!
PSC
Governments and corporations need people like you and me. We are samurai. The keyboard cowboys. And all those other people out there who have no idea what's going on are the cattle. Mooo! --Mr. The Plague, from the movie "Hackers
The easiest way to use it remotely would be to use the PSExec command from
Simply
psexec \\computer net localgroup Administrators /ADD "yourdomain\your global group"
Good luck!
PSC
Governments and corporations need people like you and me. We are samurai. The keyboard cowboys. And all those other people out there who have no idea what's going on are the cattle. Mooo! --Mr. The Plague, from the movie "Hackers
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PSC,
thanks for your excellent advice; however, I had to take your hint little further.
When looking for a reference how to deploy the new “Admins” group to a GROUP of
computers with psexec (which is not possible), I found a utility doing exactly the same job using a text file.
1) I extracted all computers from the given OU with dsquery into an Excel file
2) I created a text file with only the computer names: one name, one line
3) beyondexecv2.exe -g computers.grp net localgroup Administrators /add "domain\Admins"
The group had about 150 stations, and it worked like a charm!
Petr Sklenar
Orlando
thanks for your excellent advice; however, I had to take your hint little further.
When looking for a reference how to deploy the new “Admins” group to a GROUP of
computers with psexec (which is not possible), I found a utility doing exactly the same job using a text file.
1) I extracted all computers from the given OU with dsquery into an Excel file
2) I created a text file with only the computer names: one name, one line
3) beyondexecv2.exe -g computers.grp net localgroup Administrators /add "domain\Admins"
The group had about 150 stations, and it worked like a charm!
Petr Sklenar
Orlando
Cool glad you got it to work. I actually tested it with psexec before I posted. I ran it from a server where I was logged in with admin credentials. Don't know what went wrong.
PSC
Governments and corporations need people like you and me. We are samurai. The keyboard cowboys. And all those other people out there who have no idea what's going on are the cattle. Mooo! --Mr. The Plague, from the movie "Hackers
PSC
Governments and corporations need people like you and me. We are samurai. The keyboard cowboys. And all those other people out there who have no idea what's going on are the cattle. Mooo! --Mr. The Plague, from the movie "Hackers
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