Re: Setting Act As Part of Operating System - VBScript

From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:38:55 -0600

"Roger Abell" <mvpNOSpam@asu.edu> wrote in message
news:eLwBE5AHFHA.432@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Herb,
>
> I regularly give the news in the scripting NG.
> There is no programmatic interface available to script
> for setting the value of a policy, including User Rights.
> It can be done from lower-level like C++ for rights,
> but in general there is no public API set for manipulating
> the values of policies.

I don't know how "policies" got in here, but
after thinking about it this seems to make much
more sense if he just creates a group and uses
the scripting to add them to the group.

That is easy and even the right way to grant
rights and other privileges anyway. 

-- 
Herb Martin
>
> -- 
> Roger Abell
> Microsoft MVP (Windows  Security)
> MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA
> "Herb Martin" <news@LearnQuick.com> wrote in message
> news:OiAoAp6GFHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > "Jason" <Jason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:ACF5AD77-66DA-4135-95A9-FA9B9ED759DB@microsoft.com...
> > > I only want it for one user.  How do I do this in VBScript?  Once
again
> > I'm a
> > > newbie to VBScripting.
> > >
> >
> > You might do better posting such a question
> > to a scripting/VBS/adsi forum.
> >
> > I could go look it up but don't know how to
> > do it off the top of my head like some of those
> > folks might.
> >
> > My first approach would be to search MS Dev
> > areas using Google with something like:
> >
> >     [ vbscript assign rights users site:microsoft.com ]
> >
> > Or even site:msdn.microsoft.com  or maybe microsoft:
> >
> > I would also check the ADSI Scriptomatic (stick those
> > words into the site searchs above instead of the other
> > key words -- or in addition.)
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Herb Martin
> >
> >
> > > "Herb Martin" wrote:
> > >
> > > > "Jason" <Jason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:8ACA55EB-0E77-4123-89E2-0C237A46D8E8@microsoft.com...
> > > > > I would like to be able to set any given user that I just created
to
> > have
> > > > the
> > > > > right "Act as part of the operating system" using a VBSCript.  I'm
a
> > > > complete
> > > > > newbie to VBScripting and I'm told this would be the only way to
get
> > this
> > > > > functionality into my installshield.  Any suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > Sounds like a bad idea but you can give this right
> > > > to a user or group (where you create the security
> > > > principal.)
> > > >
> > > > A Group Policy can also do this.
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > > Herb Martin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
>
>

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