How do I quickly see group permissions

[cbeazley]

I am used to a Novell environment and am having difficulties with my win 2k server. I just want to see what a particular group has permissions to and what permissions they have on the server without checking each and every folder and subfolder. How do I do this? Keep in mind I didn't enable active directory.

 

[narineh]

Well there are 2 ways to apply group permission, via Domain Level or Computer Level (Can't remember the right name).

You would have to use the Active Directory User and Computers to check permissions on groups and users. This is there if you didn't install Active Directory. But for Windows 2000 I think active directory is automatically or required to install it, just not the fully blown AD. Go to Active Directory User and Computer and get information of the groups.

 

[GlenJohnson]

Part of your problem might be the fact that you didn't install Active Directory. You've got to have your dns set almost perfect, but AD is a great utility. As to your question, you can right click on my computer at the server, select local users and groups. This won't tell you what you need, but it might help. FYI, if you want to see who is a member of a group, start a dos prompt from the server, type net group groupname. This will list who is in the group. This only works on Domain Controlers though. Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
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[CoolClark]

GJ, you can use net group from workstations like this:

net group groupname /domain

Don't forget to put groupname in quotes if there are any spaces in the groupname.