[gptalk] Re: General question about Machine and User Policy
- From: "Martin Hugo" <Martin_Hugo@xxxxxxxx>
- To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:13:19 -0400
Ah, that clarifies something for me. Thanks very much (Daren too). I
have been allocating network printers to machines by using the user
portion of a GPO and applying it to a machine OU (with merge) and it
gives the printers to every user who logs on. If however, I understand
you correctly, I could apply the same (or similar) policy to the users OU
and that user would see the same printer no matter what machine he or she
logged into, correct?
Martin T. Hugo
Network Administrator
Hilliard City Schools
Tel: 614-921-7102
Martin_Hugo@xxxxxxxx
gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>Hi Martin,
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>Your statement ?if I apply a user policy in a machine OU, it would apply
>to every user that logged on to a machine in that OU ? is not normally
>correct . If you enable User policies in an OU that only contains
>machines, then it has no effect at all.
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>When you enable a User policy, it is only applied to Users in that OU.
>Similarly, if you enable a Machine policy in an OU it only applies to
>Machines in that OU.
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>Of course, if you enable loopback processing, then the User will pick up
>the User policies from the machine OU:-
>No LoopBack means the user gets the user polices in his OU only
>LoopBack=Merge means the user gets the user polices in his OU followed by
>the user policies in the machine OU
>LoopBack=replace means the user gets the user polices in the machine OU
>only
>(Hope this hasn?t confused you?)
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>Alan Cuthbertson
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>Subject: [gptalk] Re: General question about Machine and User Policy
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>Thanks for the responses everyone. Reason I asked is because it seemed
>to me that if I apply a user policy in a machine OU, it would apply to
>every user that logged on to a machine in that OU. Then it ocurred to me
>that if a user whose own policy (from their user OU) is at odds with the
>machine's, which would win.
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>Anyway, seems it depends on the ADM itself.
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>Martin T. Hugo
>Network Administrator
>Hilliard City Schools
>Tel: 614-921-7102
>Martin_Hugo@xxxxxxxx
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>gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>Machine Policy, for sure...
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>Regds,
>LP
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>Martin Hugo <Martin_Hugo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Hello,
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>Just a general question; if a user policy and a machine policy are at
>odds, who wins?
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>Martin T. Hugo
>Network Administrator
>Hilliard City Schools
>Tel: 614-921-7102
>Martin_Hugo@xxxxxxxx
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