[gptalk] Re: Restricted Groups - appending to local administrators

  • From: ca11235 <ca11235@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:45:48 +0100

Guys,

Sorry for the slow thanks - my mail forwarding has gone a bit awol.  Thanks
for the replies.

Col

On 30/08/07, Thorbjörn Sjövold <thorbjorn.sjovold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>  Col, see below for an answer that I gave previously, this seem to be very
> common question J
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> Best,
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> Thorbjörn
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> Actually it is both possible to both mirror *and* add, the latter is done
> using the  "This group is a member of:" part of the Restricted Groups
> settings, but you have to select the groups in "reverse" order, i.e. first
> the group you want to add and then where you want it, while in the normal
> case you select the group to manage and then who should be in it.
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> So if you for example want to have Domains Admins added to the local
> Administrators group, you select Add Group… in the Restricted Groups node,
> then select Domain Admins from your domain and in the "This group is a
> member of:" you select the Administrators group. Remember to select the
> local computer in the Object Picker when you browse for the local group.
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> HTH,
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> Thorbjörn Sjövold
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> *From:* gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Auld Colin
> *Sent:* den 30 augusti 2007 15:29
> *To:* gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [gptalk] Restricted Groups - appending to local administrators
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> Is there a way to *add* a member to the local administrators group on a
> member server using Restricted Groups?  I know that, normally, a Restricted
> Group policy will remove any existing members and replace them with those
> set in the policy.  But what I'd like to do is use Restricted Groups to
> extend the list i.e. leave the existing members as they are...
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> Col
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