Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-10-01 Thread James Rankin
to best merge them.* * * *Thanks,* *Brian Desmond* *br...@briandesmond.com* * * *c – 312.731.3132* * * *From:* John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 5:12 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-10-01 Thread James Kerr
...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:29:21 -0500 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory Did you actually just ask Brian Desmond

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-10-01 Thread Brian Desmond
...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 1:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Wowthis thread went off on one. Not to try and resurrect it or anythingbut I recall

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread James Rankin
This is Windows 2008 R2 single domain, for the record On 30 September 2010 12:49, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: I've just started a new job and we're building an all-new infrastructure. One of the key things I'm looking at it is restricting access to the most sensitive functions

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Anders Blomgren
If the vCenter server is domain joined, the simple answer is... You're screwed. From both ways. -Anders On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 1:49 PM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: I've just started a new job and we're building an all-new infrastructure. One of the key things I'm looking at it

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread William J. Robbins
The short answer is yes, if they are domain admins they can do anything they like provided they have the knowledge. Including add themselves to the Enterprise Admins group since you said you were in a single domain, which I interpret as no empty root. You could change the ACL's, but again

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Alan Davies
[mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] Sent: 30 September 2010 13:05 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory The short answer is yes, if they are domain admins they can do anything they like provided they have the knowledge. Including add themselves to the Enterprise

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread James Rankin
I am seriously going to try to get them to accept Server Operators level as a compromise. They can still kill servers all they want, but they should be able to be locked out of the finer points of VMWare, XenApp and AppSense. Time for my first head-butting session with management in this job. If

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread William J. Robbins
. -Original Message- From: James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:19:16 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.comSubject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I am seriously going

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
***However, the business are adamant that every member of the support teams (from helpdesk upwards) will be given a Domain Admin account. Am I right in assuming this means that they could simply add themselves into the groups I am setting up, because even if I restrict these groups via an ACL,

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread James Rankin
I am raising this up with IS management, as it is unsupportable - there's no point in me putting a structure together that can just be pulled apart at will. There's no way around it, so I'm just going to have to trust in my own stubbornness to get the buy-in I need :-) Audit was going to be one

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
, September 30, 2010 9:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I am raising this up with IS management, as it is unsupportable - there's no point in me putting a structure together that can just be pulled apart at will. There's no way around it, so I'm

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread David Lum
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I am raising this up with IS management, as it is unsupportable - there's no point in me putting a structure together that can just be pulled apart at will. There's no way around it, so I'm just going to have to trust

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread James Rankin
, September 30, 2010 9:18 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I am raising this up with IS management, as it is unsupportable - there's no point in me putting a structure together that can just be pulled apart at will. There's no way around

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I'm fearful that IS management will be of no help to you, since they haven't been able to prevent the situation from occuring to this point. Really, this is 2010. Do we even need to *have* this discussion about admin levels and appropriate level of rights? My guess is that you better start

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Maglinger, Paul
reign to all files, and add machines to the domain (just to name a few). From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I am raising this up with IS management

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread James Rankin
I wasn't having a discussion about appropriate levels of rights - I'm well aware of those. I was just wondering if there was any way to lock a group out from the depradations of Domain Admins by using some cunning permissions voodoo. Clearly there's not, so it's off to thrash the details out. I'm

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread James Rankin
machines to the domain (just to name a few). *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:18 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I am raising this up with IS management, as it is unsupportable

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Andrew S. Baker
to the domain (just to name a few). *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:18 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I am raising this up with IS management, as it is unsupportable - there's no point

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Alan Davies
! a From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: 30 September 2010 14:23 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory Ask why they need to be domain admins and not just have the necessary permissions delegated. My Service Desk guys were

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Jeff Steward
to be able to change administrator passwords, free reign to all files, and add machines to the domain (just to name a few). *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:18 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread David Lum
of seniority! a From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: 30 September 2010 14:23 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory Ask why they need to be domain admins and not just have the necessary permissions delegated. My

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread William Robbins
] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:18 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I am raising this up with IS management, as it is unsupportable - there's no point in me putting a structure together that can just be pulled apart at will. There's

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Don Guyer
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I'll see your +1 and raise +11 - WJR On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 09:04, Jeff Steward jstew...@gmail.com wrote: +1 -Jeff Steward On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Jonathan Link
) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com *From:* William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:24 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I'll see your +1 and raise +11 - WJR

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Don Guyer
Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I'll see your +1

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Crawford, Scott
System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Lemme ask this... since there's a need to get management buy in. Is everyone in the organization running as local admin? If not, then an analogy can be drawn. Afterall, if helpdesk had to support staff who ran as admin

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Brian Desmond
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory The short answer is yes, if they are domain admins they can do anything they like provided they have the knowledge. Including add themselves to the Enterprise Admins group since you said you were in a single domain

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Brian Desmond
of the * Operators groups. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 7:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I am seriously going to try to get them to accept

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread James Rankin
of the * Operators groups. * * * *Thanks,* *Brian Desmond* *br...@briandesmond.com* * * *c – 312.731.3132* * * *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 7:19 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Jonathan Link
...@briandesmond.com* * * *c – 312.731.3132* * * *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 7:19 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I am seriously going to try to get them to accept Server

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread James Rankin
* * * *c – 312.731.3132* * * *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 7:19 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I am seriously going to try to get them to accept Server Operators level

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Jonathan Link
*Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Lemme ask this... since there's a need to get management buy in. Is everyone in the organization running as local admin? If not, then an analogy can be drawn. Afterall, if helpdesk had to support staff who ran as admin, well, that would

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Jonathan Link
...@googlemail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 7:19 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I am seriously going to try to get them to accept Server Operators level as a compromise. They can still kill servers all they want

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Crawford, Scott
Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Not really. I can see that the IT staff in general would want to retain admin rights generally and limit rights to users based on what

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread James Rankin
let users run as local admins? *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:34 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Lemme ask this... since there's a need to get management buy

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Jonathan Link
:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:34 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Lemme ask this... since there's a need to get management buy in. Is everyone in the organization running as local

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread James Rankin
, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com *From:* William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:24 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I'll see your +1

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Webster
Why not 24-bits of color depth? Webster p.s. why do you keep misspelling colour? J From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I'm sure the users will love me when they see an upgrade from a Windows 2000, Presentation

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread James Rankin
...@googlemail.com] *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I'm sure the users will love me when they see an upgrade from a Windows 2000, Presentation Server 3, 256 colour desktop to Windows 2008 R2 on XenApp 6 with sparkling 16 bits of colour depth :-) Actually they need to make

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
in Active Directory No, that is what you do with us conslutants. Webster From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Ohhh... Just be sure you're not the one left holding the bag. This sounds like a setup, bring the new guy in, reorg

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread William Robbins
– 312.731.3132* * * *From:* William J. Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 7:05 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory The short answer is yes, if they are domain admins they can do anything they like provided

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Gary Slinger
AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Lemme ask this... since there's a need to get management buy in. Is everyone in the organization running as local admin? If not, then an analogy can be drawn. Afterall, if helpdesk had to support staff

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Brian Desmond
[mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Ever tried it? Ever successfully done it? I have, and I'm tired of hearing that argument that empty root is useless. Most folks don't know, nor care

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread William Robbins
Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:21 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Ever tried it? Ever successfully done it? I have, and I'm tired of hearing that argument that empty root is useless

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Brian Desmond
[mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Very limited huh? You mean like the Fortune 500? How much money does two servers cost? How much does it cost when some idiot gives himself

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread KenM
/* *Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian* * * *From:* William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:43 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Very limited huh? You mean like

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I see. And how many directories have you designed for Fortune 500 companies? I'm protecting them from people that think it's no big deal to continue to design a directory as if it were still 1996...but that's just me and my 10

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread KenM
:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Very limited huh? You mean like the Fortune 500? How much money does two servers cost? How much does it cost when some idiot gives himself inappropriate creds and makes a critical error? - WJR On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 14:27, Brian Desmond br

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Free, Bob
+∞ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory HAHAHAHAHA. No offense Mr. Robbins, but I think you have no clue as to Mr. Desmond’s background

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread William Robbins
Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:38 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I see. And how many directories have you

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Maglinger, Paul
www.briandesmond.com From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory +∞ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:06

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Free, Bob
I already know him..in person J From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory www.briandesmond.com From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Thursday

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread David Lum
...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 12:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory I've done that (OK, to be accurate, it was seven to one). You need someone with juice at the level of the new, to be main company to make the point

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread William J. Robbins
Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.comSubject: RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory Did you actually just ask Brian Desmond that? To continue the thought, how many conferences have you spoken at? How many books

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Mathew Shember
Alright I will ask. What exactly are your credentials? Thanks, Mathew From: William J. Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Look I didn't start picking his statement

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
Do you have a tape measure or would you like to borrow one? From: Mathew Shember [mailto:mathew.shem...@synopsys.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory Alright I will ask. What exactly are your

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Joseph Heaton
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory Alright I will ask. What exactly are your credentials? Thanks, Mathew From: William J. Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Mathew Shember
Isn't that what tweezers are for? -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory are the measurement increments on your tape measure small

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread William Robbins
: RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory are the measurement increments on your tape measure small enough? Kim Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.com 9/30/2010 2:44 PM Do you have a tape measure or would you like to borrow one? From: Mathew Shember [mailto:mathew.shem...@synopsys.com

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Kim Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.com wrote: Do you have a tape measure or would you like to borrow one? I would suggest one of these: http://nano-machinery.com/catalog/images/Digital%20Micrometer.jpg ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread John Cook
...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory are the measurement increments on your tape measure small enough? Kim Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.commailto:k...@colonialsavings.com 9/30/2010 2:44 PM Do you

RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Brian Desmond
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory Are you guys blasting Shookie again? John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: William Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread William J. Robbins
- From: Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:16:07 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.comSubject: RE: Restricting groups in Active Directory Alright guys. I really am flattered

Re: Restricting groups in Active Directory

2010-09-30 Thread Ben Scott
What's with this reconciliation and civil discourse stuff? Here I was making popcorn ;-) On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com wrote: William and I chatted offline and we’re good ... On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:26 PM, William J. Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com