RE: Automatic Updates and Users/Power Users

From: Stegman, William (Bill.Stegman_at_transcore.com)
Date: 01/13/05

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To: <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>

    I've noticed one annoyance with SUS and non-admin users. If you're using SUS and a GPO with the automatically download and schedule the install, only admins are able to click yes or no to the subsequent reboot screen after having the updates applied. The no button is grayed out for non-admins.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Rasmus Rønlev [mailto:rr.its@cbs.dk]
    Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 5:14 PM
    To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
    Subject: RE: Automatic Updates and Users/Power Users

    Okey,

    If my first post gets through, that needs to be semi-disregarded, was a bit
    quick on the reply button there. Sorry.

    The Windows Update program/service runs as the System Account. And if it's
    set to automaticly download and notify it will ask anyone logged on
    interactively, for permission to install the downloaded patches. Since it
    has rights from the system account it will install updates no problem in
    this setting, from a normal user account and upwards. No problems at all.

    If you use SUS nothing much changes except your Windows Update service will
    now only download updates, that you have accepted to roll out on/from your
    SUS server. In this way you can potentially delay or block rolling out
    certain update packages, which you might not want to deploy in your
    enterprise. The same download/install behaviour described above will still
    be in effect though. I.e. you can use it for everyone with User privileges
    and up.

    I hope that answers the questions somewhat more to the point :)

    Regards,
    r@smus

    .
    Rasmus Rønlev
    Copenhagen Business School, ITSu
    Cell: (+45) 29612544
    Phone: (+45) 38153521
    Fax: (+45) 38153536

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@pinnaclefinancial.com]
    Sent: 12. januar 2005 17:56
    To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Automatic Updates and Users/Power Users

    If Automatic Updates is not set via GPO to contact an SUS Server but has
    been set to download updates and notify to install, will a user or power
    user be able to initiate the install?

    If Automatic Updates is set via GPO with the same download/install, but
    from an SUS server, does anything change?

    Essentially, how do I ensure, using Automatic Updates, with and without
    SUS, that a computer that the daily user only has User or Power User
    Access, that the updates can be installed.

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