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<title>User Rights and Privileges</title>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>Windows user</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Windows group</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>machine accounts</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>ADS</primary></indexterm>
The administration of Windows user, group, and machine accounts in the Samba
domain-controlled network necessitates interfacing between the MS Windows
networking environment and the UNIX operating system environment. The right
(permission) to add machines to the Windows security domain can be assigned
(set) to non-administrative users both in Windows NT4 domains and
Active Directory domains.
</para>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>Windows NT4/2kX/XPPro</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>machine account</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>trusted</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>user logons</primary></indexterm>
The addition of Windows NT4/2kX/XPPro machines to the domain necessitates the
creation of a machine account for each machine added. The machine account is
a necessity that is used to validate that the machine can be trusted to permit
user logons.
</para>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>user accounts</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>special account</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>account name</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>/bin/false</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>/dev/null</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>man-in-the-middle</primary></indexterm>
Machine accounts are analogous to user accounts, and thus in implementing them on a UNIX machine that is
hosting Samba (i.e., on which Samba is running), it is necessary to create a special type of user account.
Machine accounts differ from  normal user accounts in that the account name (login ID) is terminated with a
<literal>$</literal> sign. An additional difference is that this type of account should not ever be able to
log into the UNIX environment as a system user and therefore is set to have a shell of
<command>/bin/false</command> and a home directory of <command>/dev/null.</command> The machine
account is used only to authenticate domain member machines during start-up. This security measure
is designed to block man-in-the-middle attempts to violate network integrity.
</para>

<note><para>
<indexterm><primary>computer accounts</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>domain member servers</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>domain controller</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>credentials</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>secure authentication</primary></indexterm>
Machine (computer) accounts are used in the Windows NT OS family to store security
credentials for domain member servers and workstations. When the domain member
starts up it goes through a validation process that includes an exchange of
credentials with a domain controller. If the domain member fails to authenticate
using the credentials known for it by domain controllers the machine will be refused
all access by domain users. The computer account is essential to the way that MS 
Windows does secure authentication.
</para></note>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>UNIX system accounts</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>system administrator</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>root</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>UID</primary></indexterm>
The creation of UNIX system accounts has traditionally been the sole right of
the system administrator, better known as the <constant>root</constant> account.
It is possible in the UNIX environment to create multiple users who have the
same UID. Any UNIX user who has a UID=0 is inherently the same as the
<constant>root</constant> account user.
</para>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>system interface scripts</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>CIFS function calls</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>root account</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>UNIX host system</primary></indexterm>
All versions of Samba call system interface scripts that permit CIFS function
calls that are used to manage users, groups, and machine accounts
in the UNIX environment. All versions of Samba up to and including version 3.0.10
required the use of a Windows administrator account that unambiguously maps to
the UNIX <constant>root</constant> account to permit the execution of these
interface scripts. The requirement to do this has understandably met with some
disdain and consternation among Samba administrators, particularly where it became
necessary to permit people who should not possess <constant>root</constant>-level
access to the UNIX host system.
</para>

<sect1>
<title>Rights Management Capabilities</title>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>Windows privilege model</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>privilege model</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>rights assigned</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SID</primary></indexterm>
Samba 3.0.11 introduced support for the Windows privilege model.  This model
allows certain rights to be assigned to a user or group SID.  In order to enable
this feature, <smbconfoption name="enable privileges">yes</smbconfoption>
must be defined in the <smbconfsection name="global"/> section of the &smb.conf; file.
</para>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>rights</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>privileges</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>manage privileges</primary></indexterm>
Currently, the rights supported in Samba-3 are listed in <link linkend="rp-privs"/>.
The remainder of this chapter explains how to manage and use these privileges on Samba servers.
</para>

<indexterm><primary>SeMachineAccountPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SePrintOperatorPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeAddUsersPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeDiskOperatorPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<table id="rp-privs">
        <title>Current Privilege Capabilities</title>
        <tgroup cols="2">
                <colspec align="right"/>
                <colspec align="left"/>
                <thead>
                        <row>
                                <entry align="left">Privilege</entry>
                                <entry align="left">Description</entry>
                        </row>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                        <row>
                                <entry><para>SeMachineAccountPrivilege</para></entry>
                                <entry><para>Add machines to domain</para></entry>
                        </row>
                        <row>
                                <entry><para>SePrintOperatorPrivilege</para></entry>
                                <entry><para>Manage printers</para></entry>
                        </row>
                        <row>
                                <entry><para>SeAddUsersPrivilege</para></entry>
                                <entry><para>Add users and groups to the domain</para></entry>
                        </row>
                        <row>
                                <entry><para>SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege</para></entry>
                                <entry><para>Force shutdown from a remote system</para></entry>
                        </row>
                        <row>
                                <entry><para>SeDiskOperatorPrivilege</para></entry>
                                <entry><para>Manage disk share</para></entry>
                        </row>
<!-- These are not used at this time - so void them from the docs.
                        <row>
                                <entry><para>SeBackupPrivilege</para></entry>
                                <entry><para>Back up files and directories</para></entry>
                        </row>
                        <row>
                                <entry><para>SeRestorePrivilege</para></entry>
                                <entry><para>Restore files and directories</para></entry>
                        </row>
**** End of commented out section **** -->    
                        <row>
                                <entry><para>SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege</para></entry>
                                <entry><para>Take ownership of files or other objects</para></entry>
                        </row>
            </tbody>
        </tgroup>
</table>

<sect2>
<title>Using the <quote>net rpc rights</quote> Utility</title>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>managing rights</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>rights assigned</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>NT4 User Manager for Domains</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>command-line utility</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>administrative actions</primary></indexterm>
There are two primary means of managing the rights assigned to users and groups
on a Samba server.  The <command>NT4 User Manager for Domains</command> may be
used from any Windows NT4, 2000, or XP Professional domain member client to
connect to a Samba domain controller and view/modify the rights assignments.
This application, however, appears to have bugs when run on a client running
Windows 2000 or later; therefore, Samba provides a command-line utility for
performing the necessary administrative actions.
</para>

<para>
The <command>net rpc rights</command> utility in Samba 3.0.11 has three new subcommands:
</para>

<variablelist>
	<varlistentry><term>list [name|accounts]</term>
		<listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>net</primary><secondary>rpc</secondary><tertiary>list</tertiary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>available rights</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>privileges assigned</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>privileged accounts</primary></indexterm>
		When called with no arguments, <command>net rpc list</command>
		simply lists the available rights on the server.  When passed
		a specific user or group name, the tool lists the privileges
		currently assigned to the specified account.  When invoked using
		the special string <constant>accounts</constant>,
		<command>net rpc rights list</command> returns a list of all
		privileged accounts on the server and the assigned rights.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry><term>grant &lt;user&gt; &lt;right [right ...]&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>assign rights</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>grant rights</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>add client machines</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>user or group</primary></indexterm>
		When called with no arguments, this function is used to assign
		a list of rights to a specified user or group.  For example,
		to grant the members of the Domain Admins group on a Samba domain controller,
		the capability to add client machines to the domain, one would run:
<screen>
&rootprompt; net -S server -U domadmin rpc rights grant \
	 'DOMAIN\Domain Admins' SeMachineAccountPrivilege
</screen>
		The following syntax has the same result:
<indexterm><primary>net</primary><secondary>rpc</secondary><tertiary>rights grant</tertiary></indexterm>
<screen>
&rootprompt; net rpc rights grant 'DOMAIN\Domain Admins' \
     SeMachineAccountPrivilege -S server -U domadmin
</screen>
		More than one privilege can be assigned by specifying a
		list of rights separated by spaces. The parameter 'Domain\Domain Admins'
		must be quoted with single ticks or using double-quotes to prevent
		the backslash and the space from being interpreted by the system shell.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry><term>revoke &lt;user&gt; &lt;right [right ...]&gt;</term>
		<listitem><para>
		This command is similar in format to <command>net rpc rights grant</command>.  Its
		effect is to remove an assigned right (or list of rights) from a user or group.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

<note><para>
<indexterm><primary>member</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Domain Admins</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>revoke privileges</primary></indexterm>
You must be connected as a member of the Domain Admins group to be able to grant or revoke privileges assigned
to an account.  This capability is inherent to the Domain Admins group and is not configurable.
</para></note>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>performed as root</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>necessary rights</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>add machine script</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary></primary></indexterm>
By default, no privileges are initially assigned to any account because certain actions will be performed as
root once smbd determines that a user has the necessary rights.  For example, when joining a client to a
Windows domain, the <parameter>add machine script</parameter> must be executed with superuser rights in most 
cases.  For this reason, you should be very careful about handing out privileges to accounts.
</para>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>Access</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>root user</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>bypasses privilege</primary></indexterm>
Access as the root user (UID=0) bypasses all privilege checks.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Description of Privileges</title>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>privileges</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>additional privileges</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>house-keeping</primary></indexterm>
The privileges that have been implemented in Samba-3.0.11 are shown below.  It is possible, and likely, that
additional privileges may be implemented in later releases of Samba. It is also likely that any privileges
currently implemented but not used may be removed from future releases as a house-keeping matter, so it is
important that the successful as well as unsuccessful use of these facilities should be reported on the Samba
mailing lists.
</para>

<variablelist>
	<varlistentry><term>SeAddUsersPrivilege</term>
		<listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>SeAddUsersPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>smbd</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>net rpc user add</primary></indexterm>
		This right determines whether or not smbd will allow the
		user to create new user or group accounts via such tools
		as <command>net rpc user add</command> or 
		<command>NT4 User Manager for Domains.</command>
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry><term>SeDiskOperatorPrivilege</term>
		<listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>SeDiskOperatorPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>add/delete/change share</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>ACL</primary></indexterm>
		Accounts that possess this right will be able to execute
		scripts defined by the <command>add/delete/change</command>
		share command in &smb.conf; file as root.  Such users will
		also be able to modify the ACL associated with file shares
		on the Samba server.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry><term>SeMachineAccountPrivilege</term>
		<listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>SeMachineAccountPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>right to join domain</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>join client</primary></indexterm>
		This right controls whether or not the user can join client
		machines to a Samba-controlled domain.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry><term>SePrintOperatorPrivilege</term>
		<listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>SePrintOperatorPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>privilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>global right</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>administrative rights</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>printers admin</primary></indexterm>
		This privilege operates identically to the <smbconfoption name="printer admin"/>
		option in the &smb.conf; file (see section 5 man page for &smb.conf;)
		except that it is a global right (not on a per-printer basis). 
		Eventually the smb.conf option will be deprecated and administrative
		rights to printers will be controlled exclusively by this right and
		the security descriptor associated with the printer object in the
		<filename>ntprinters.tdb</filename> file.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry><term>SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege</term>
		<listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>rebooting server</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>aborting shutdown</primary></indexterm>
		Samba provides two hooks for shutting down or rebooting
		the server and for aborting a previously issued shutdown
		command.  Since this is an operation normally limited by
		the operating system to the root user, an account must possess this
		right to be able to execute either of these hooks.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry><term>SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege</term>
		<listitem><para>
<indexterm><primary>SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>take ownership</primary></indexterm>
		This right permits users to take ownership of files and directories.
		</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Privileges Suppored by Windows 2000 Domain Controllers</title>

<para>
    For reference purposes, a Windows NT4 Primary Domain Controller reports that is supports the following
	prvileges:
<indexterm><primary>SeCreateTokenPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeLockMemoryPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeMachineAccountPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeTcbPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeSecurityPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeLoadDriverPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeSystemProfilePrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeSystemtimePrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeCreatePagefilePrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeCreatePermanentPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeBackupPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeRestorePrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeShutdownPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeDebugPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeAuditPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeChangeNotifyPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<screen>
         SeCreateTokenPrivilege  Create a token object
  SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege  Replace a process level token
          SeLockMemoryPrivilege  Lock pages in memory
       SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege  Increase quotas
      SeMachineAccountPrivilege  Add workstations to domain
                 SeTcbPrivilege  Act as part of the operating system
            SeSecurityPrivilege  Manage auditing and security log
       SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege  Take ownership of files or other objects
          SeLoadDriverPrivilege  Load and unload device drivers
       SeSystemProfilePrivilege  Profile system performance
          SeSystemtimePrivilege  Change the system time
SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege  Profile single process
SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege  Increase scheduling priority
      SeCreatePagefilePrivilege  Create a pagefile
     SeCreatePermanentPrivilege  Create permanent shared objects
              SeBackupPrivilege  Back up files and directories
             SeRestorePrivilege  Restore files and directories
            SeShutdownPrivilege  Shut down the system
               SeDebugPrivilege  Debug programs
               SeAuditPrivilege  Generate security audits
   SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege  Modify firmware environment values
        SeChangeNotifyPrivilege  Bypass traverse checking
      SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege  Force shutdown from a remote system
</screen>
	And Windows 200x/XP Domain Controllers and workstations reports supports the following privileges:
<indexterm><primary>SeCreateTokenPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeLockMemoryPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeMachineAccountPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeTcbPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeSecurityPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeLoadDriverPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeSystemProfilePrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeSystemtimePrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeCreatePagefilePrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeCreatePermanentPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeBackupPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeRestorePrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeShutdownPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeDebugPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeAuditPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeChangeNotifyPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeUndockPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeSyncAgentPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeEnableDelegationPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeManageVolumePrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeImpersonatePrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SeCreateGlobalPrivilege</primary></indexterm>
<screen>
         SeCreateTokenPrivilege  Create a token object
  SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege  Replace a process level token
          SeLockMemoryPrivilege  Lock pages in memory
       SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege  Increase quotas
      SeMachineAccountPrivilege  Add workstations to domain
                 SeTcbPrivilege  Act as part of the operating system
            SeSecurityPrivilege  Manage auditing and security log
       SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege  Take ownership of files or other objects
          SeLoadDriverPrivilege  Load and unload device drivers
       SeSystemProfilePrivilege  Profile system performance
          SeSystemtimePrivilege  Change the system time
SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege  Profile single process
SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege  Increase scheduling priority
      SeCreatePagefilePrivilege  Create a pagefile
     SeCreatePermanentPrivilege  Create permanent shared objects
              SeBackupPrivilege  Back up files and directories
             SeRestorePrivilege  Restore files and directories
            SeShutdownPrivilege  Shut down the system
               SeDebugPrivilege  Debug programs
               SeAuditPrivilege  Generate security audits
   SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege  Modify firmware environment values
        SeChangeNotifyPrivilege  Bypass traverse checking
      SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege  Force shutdown from a remote system
              SeUndockPrivilege  Remove computer from docking station
           SeSyncAgentPrivilege  Synchronize directory service data
    SeEnableDelegationPrivilege  Enable computer and user accounts to
                                 be trusted for delegation
        SeManageVolumePrivilege  Perform volume maintenance tasks
         SeImpersonatePrivilege  Impersonate a client after authentication
        SeCreateGlobalPrivilege  Create global objects
</screen>
<indexterm><primary>equivalence</primary></indexterm>
    The Samba Team are implementing only those privileges that are logical and useful in the UNIX/Linux
    envronment. Many of the Windows 200X/XP privileges have no direct equivalence in UNIX.
    </para>

</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1>
<title>The Administrator Domain SID</title>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>domain Administrator</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>User Rights and Privileges</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>passdb backend</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>SID</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>net getlocalsid</primary></indexterm>
Please note that every Windows NT4 and later server requires a domain Administrator account. Samba version
commencing with 3.0.11 permit the Administrative duties to be performed via assigned rights and privileges
(see <link linkend="rights">User Rights and Privileges</link>).  An account in the server's passdb backend can
be set to the domain SID of the default administrator account.  To obtain the domain SID on a Samba domain
controller, run the following command:
<screen>
&rootprompt; net getlocalsid
SID for domain FOO is: S-1-5-21-4294955119-3368514841-2087710299
</screen>
<indexterm><primary>RID</primary></indexterm>
You may assign the domain administrator RID to an account using the <command>pdbedit</command>
command as shown here:
<indexterm><primary>pdbedit</primary></indexterm>
<screen>
&rootprompt; pdbedit -U S-1-5-21-4294955119-3368514841-2087710299-500 -u root -r
</screen>
</para>

<note><para>
<indexterm><primary>RID 500</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>well known RID</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>rights and privileges</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>root account</primary></indexterm>
The RID 500 is the well known standard value of the default Administrator account. It is the RID
that confers the rights and privileges that the Administrator account has on a Windows machine
or domain. Under UNIX/Linux the equivalent is UID=0 (the root account).
</para></note>

<para>
<indexterm><primary>without Administrator account</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>equivalent rights and privileges</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Windows group account</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>3.0.11</primary></indexterm>
Releases of Samba version 3.0.11 and later make it possible to operate without an Administrator account
providing equivalent rights and privileges have been established for a Windows user or a Windows
group account. 
</para>

</sect1>

<sect1>
<title>Common Errors</title>

	<sect2>
	<title>What Rights and Privileges Will Permit Windows Client Administration?</title>

	<para>
<indexterm><primary>domain global</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>local group</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>administrative rights</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Windows client</primary></indexterm>
	When a Windows NT4 (or later) client joins a domain, the domain global <literal>Domain Admins</literal> group
	is added to the membership of the local <literal>Administrators</literal> group on the client. Any user who is
	a member of the domain global <literal>Domain Admins</literal> group will have administrative rights on the
	Windows client.
	</para>

	<para>
<indexterm><primary>desirable solution</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>administrative rights and privileges</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Power Users</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>domain global user</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>domain global group</primary></indexterm>
	This is often not the most desirable solution because it means that the user will have administrative
	rights and privileges on domain servers also. The <literal>Power Users</literal> group on Windows client
	workstations permits local administration of the workstation alone. Any domain global user or domain global
	group can be added to the membership of the local workstation group <literal>Power Users</literal>.
	</para>

	<para>
<indexterm><primary>Nested Group Support</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>add domain users and groups to a local group</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>net</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>Windows workstation.</primary></indexterm>
	See <link linkend="nestedgrpmgmgt">Nested Group Support</link> for an example of how to add domain users
	and groups to a local group that is on a Windows workstation. The use of the <command>net</command>
	command permits this to be done from the Samba server.
	</para>

	<para>
<indexterm><primary>cmd</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>cmd shell</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>net</primary><secondary>localgroup</secondary></indexterm>
	Another way this can be done is to log onto the Windows workstation as the user
	<literal>Administrator</literal>, then open a <command>cmd</command> shell, then execute:
<screen>
&dosprompt; net localgroup administrators /add <userinput>domain_name\entity</userinput>
</screen>
	where <literal>entity</literal> is either a domain user or a domain group account name.
	</para>

	</sect2>

</sect1>

</chapter>