Re: HOW ==> Users View Scheduled Tasks on a Server ??

From: Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP (rmu1@columbiaSPAM.SUCKSedu)
Date: 01/15/03 

Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:16:03 -0500
From: "Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP" <rmu1@columbiaSPAM.SUCKSedu>

Do you realize what a security hole that would be if non admins could
manage scheduled tasks? That why it is not possible. No way around it,
at least, not AFAIK.

You would have to grant the user at least local admin rights on the
server in order to be able to manage or even see the scheduled tasks on
that server.

hth

Arthur wrote:
>
> does anyone know of any way at all to allow a domain user to type
> \\servername and see the scheduled tasks? I have spent numerous hours trying
> to figure this out! It is driving me nuts. :( Its all windows 2000 - both
> the client and server.
>
> What controls the permissions for a user to view scheduled tasks on a remote
> machine? I know that administrators can, but what controls it?
>
> I have a user that needs to be able to start/restart a FlexLM service on a
> server. I created a task that runs as administrator on the server to do this
> using the SC.EXE utility. I gave permission on the task to the domain user.
> But the domain user still cannot see the "scheduled tasks" folder when he
> types in the unc path to the server (\\server). Even using more precise
> methods: at.exe, jt.exe do not work either.
>
> The command:
>
> jt.exe /sm \\server /sac mytask.job /rj
>
> will run mytask.job on the remote server...but only if you are an admin.
> Even though I gave permissions on "mytask.job" to the user, he STILL can't
> run it remotely.
>
> I even used CACLS.EXE to add permissions on the folder C:\winnt\tasks on the
> server to modify for the domain user...nope. \\server still wont bring up
> the scheduled tasks.
>
> C'mon all you experts....surely there is a way to allow a non-admin user
> just to view tasks on a remote machine??? Help! 

-- 
Ricardo M. Urbano
Microsoft Windows 2000/NT MVP

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