Domain Controller Local Users And Groups
However you can use local users and groups on a domain controller to target remote computers that are not domain controllers on the network.
Domain controller local users and groups. Ms have taken great pains to remove local users and groups from the gui tools and even if you tickle up lusrmgr msc directly it complains that the snap in won t run on a domain controller. Is it a domain controller. You can run command net localgroup to display all groups and chose the one that s best suited for a service account s least privilege access.
It was one of those things that i remember learning but never really thought about until. This is just sort of me wondering out loud. Hi all i am trying to configure windows server 2012 r2.
If so yes lu g will be removed because the domain becomes local at that point. Local administrator may not be a good group to add users to on a domain controller however for other purposes like event log reader and the like this worked well. You cannot use local users and groups to view local user and group accounts once a member server has been promoted to a domain controller.
Depending on what your needs are you might be able to add the user or service account into the domain administrators group within active directory. The in short the local users become domain users. Hi all i m trying to change the local administrator on one of my 2008 r2 server.
If the server is a domain controller there will be no local users or groups. Richard mueller mvp directory services tuesday march 26 2013 2 45 pm text html 3 26 2013 3 33 43 pm arnavsharma 0 0. I have a windows server 2008 that i have made to a domain controller by installing ad ds but it was not really what i wanted to achieve with the server so i.
However the local users and group disappeared in the computer. Does this account for what you experience. I am trying to add some users to the administrative group went to computer management and i dont find local users and groups yes i have made the machine to be a domain controller i am.