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Re: Permissions


From: Nexus <nexus06 () drxlabs com>
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 09:16:51 -0800

That is way to much,

With that much access, users / attackers can have almost full control over the machine. What i would do is create a group for each type of program,
and  place that group in the image(if you have standard images) .

then just setup the access that program needs, with said group. this way ONLY users with a valid need get access to programs they are suppose to have. i have a few programs like that, what i did is hunt down every registry key it used and apply premissions to that key in a standard image on an as needed basis along
with file prems. (with domian groups)

also sometimes giving the SYSTEM group more access or adding it fixs some issues so try that also.

trust me:

In the long run its better to have it setup correctly then to have a hay wired setup.


Nexus



Chris Berry wrote:

When I originally started setting up the network at this place I tried giving only the specifice permissions necessary for each program we had installed. (Talking about win2k ACLs here to be specific) After a while it turned into a bit of a nightmare and I basically ended up giving the DOMAIN USERS group write access to Program Files, WINNT, and full control of HKEY Local Machine on Local Machine\Software This seems to work well, but I'm wondering if anyone thinks its an unreasonable amount of permission, and if so, what do they do instead?

Chris Berry
compjma () hotmail com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

"And here in our server room you can see our Beowolf Cluster of C64's that keeps our enterprise on the very cutting edge of technology."

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