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Thread: GPO Restricted Group for 'Local Admins'

  1. #1
    Florian Frommherz Guest
    Can you use the GPO 'Restricted Groups' setting for local groups?

    I need to place the 'Domain Admin' global group back into the 'Local Admins'
    on computers with users who have local admin rights -> hmmm :-(

    The Online Help for this topic says 'Local Groups' are not supported, which
    is confirmed by my testing. Is there a work around?

  2. #2
    jwd Guest

    RE: GPO Restricted Group for 'Local Admins'

    When specifying the local Administrators group type builtin\administrators
    rather than going to Browse and selecting Administrators.

  3. #3
    AdamV Guest

    RE: GPO Restricted Group for 'Local Admins'

    Or use the 'browse', but change the source in the "select objects from..."
    box (as long as you are not on a DC at the time, you will get the local
    accounts list to choose from)
    Don't forget that restricted groups does a rip-and-replace, not a merge.

  4. #4
    Cosmo Guest

    RE: GPO Restricted Group for 'Local Admins'

    Thank U, using 'builtin\Administrators' on a non DC server worked. :-)

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    Re: GPO Restricted Group for 'Local Admins'

    Ok, I can see restrictive groups for the whole domain but how do I get to the one in OU? (Using server 2008)

    I used gpedit.msc and can't see restrictive groups when I go in there... Please help, I think I understand the rest, I am just not sure which restrictive groups to put it in...

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    Marcin Guest

    Re: GPO Restricted Group for 'Local Admins'

    Use Group Policy Management Console rather that gpedit.msc. Refer to
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc759123.aspx

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    Re: GPO Restricted Group for 'Local Admins'

    From the looks of the article, it says not to edit the default domain policy... is the best practice here just to create a new policy for your company and leave the defaults in place? (It's a small shop of about 30 people and only 15 computers).

  8. #8
    Marcin Guest

    Re: GPO Restricted Group for 'Local Admins'

    That would be my recommendation. It makes it easier to fall back to the
    original state in case of problems...

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    Re: GPO Restricted Group for 'Local Admins'

    Thank you for your help.

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