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I have a more detailed question below but maybe if someone can answer this

part I can solve my problem. What is the difference between the group

policies when I right click and properties in the AD and then edit it and

when I type gpedit.msc in run? gpedit.msc has policies locked to

administrator and the other doesn't. Thanks.

 

We are running windows server 2003 with terminal server enabled

 

We have purchased software and are trying to get it running on our terminal

server for remote use. It runs fine under the administrator login but we are

having trouble with other user logins. The software has some settings that

they say need to be set, one of which is the local policy in "User Rights

Assignment". I added the user to this policy under the properties of the

computer in the AD under the gpo, but to no success. So I then started

gpedit.msc, but in here the security settings|local policy|User Rights

Assignment has a lock next to it and I can't change the same policy setting

to include this user.

 

I guess I am trying to figure out which policy the program might be working

under when the user logs into this server and if I need to unlock these

policies how do I do it? Thanks for the starting thoughts.

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Re: Understanding gpedit and gpo

 

On Jul 13, 12:12 pm, icccapital <icccapi...@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote:

> I have a more detailed question below but maybe if someone can answer this

> part I can solve my problem. What is the difference between the group

> policies when I right click and properties in the AD and then edit it and

> when I type gpedit.msc in run? gpedit.msc has policies locked to

> administrator and the other doesn't. Thanks.

>

> We are running windows server 2003 with terminal server enabled

>

> We have purchased software and are trying to get it running on our terminal

> server for remote use. It runs fine under the administrator login but we are

> having trouble with other user logins. The software has some settings that

> they say need to be set, one of which is the local policy in "User Rights

> Assignment". I added the user to this policy under the properties of the

> computer in the AD under the gpo, but to no success. So I then started

> gpedit.msc, but in here the security settings|local policy|User Rights

> Assignment has a lock next to it and I can't change the same policy setting

> to include this user.

>

> I guess I am trying to figure out which policy the program might be working

> under when the user logs into this server and if I need to unlock these

> policies how do I do it? Thanks for the starting thoughts.

 

Using gpedit.msc is editing the server's local Group Policy. These

settings are overridden by the flow of GPO's in the domain. The order

of precedence is (from lowest priority to highest priority) Local ->

Site -> Domain -> OU. Settings in local group policies that you can

change will be editable, if it isn't editable then it is being applied

at a lower level in the hierarchy explained before. Install the Group

Policy Manangement Console, it is a very nice way to see how your

GPO's are being applied throughout your domain and you can quickly see

the settings being applied by each one.


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