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Particularly the following: "would not let me add the "NT Service\eventlog" user since it was a local account" (on a DC). ... On a "member server found the local account and since the SID is the same for other member servers..." On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 1:03 PM, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > No sir, I cannot find it. On the servers that have the proper perms the > icon used is the same as the other security groups that have access to that > folder. Google has not been helpful yet in trying to resolve this. > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:43 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> AFAIK, it's a user, not a group, that you are seeing. Can you access it by >> typing NT SERVICE\eventlog in the search field? >> >> >> On 8 March 2011 15:40, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes, 2008. The logon tab for Windows Event Log service is grayed out but >>> says its using local service. On my other 2008 machines including another DC >>> on another domain when I look at the logs folders security properties I see >>> EventLog listed with full control. I would like to have that configured on >>> this other DC also but I don't see a way to do that. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:58 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> isn't eventlog a virtual account, not a security group? Are these >>>> Windows 2008 DCs you are using? >>>> >>>> *Eventlog and EventSystem are Virtual Accounts. Virtual Accounts were >>>> introduced in Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. >>>> >>>> (1)Virtual Accounts aren't created but are used to run services. You >>>> access them by typing NT SERVICE\[service name] into the 'This account' >>>> field on the service's Log On tab in the service management console and >>>> leaving the password fields blank. Virtual Accounts >>>> have the same permissions as Network Service: They have standard user >>>> rights on the local machine but communicate with the network as the local >>>> computer account. >>>> >>>> (2)Using virtual accounts >>>> >>>> Virtual accounts require very little management. They cannot be created >>>> or deleted, nor do they require any password management. >>>> >>>> You must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer >>>> to perform the following procedures. >>>> To configure a service to use a virtual account >>>> >>>> 1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services. >>>> 2. In the details pane, right-click the service that you want to >>>> configure, and then click Properties. >>>> 3. Click the Log On tab, click This account, and then type NT >>>> SERVICE\ServiceName. When you are finished, click OK. >>>> 4. Restart the service for the change to take effect.* >>>> >>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd548356%28WS.10%29.aspx >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 8 March 2011 14:36, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I want to give access to folder system32\winevt\logs to the EventLog >>>>> security group on a DC, trouble is I can't find it. On servers where I >>>>> can >>>>> see that group has full control of that folder, if I do a search of >>>>> security >>>>> groups EventLog isn't an option. 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