Re: Difference between a USER and an AUTHENTICATED USER

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 07/09/05 

Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 05:52:06 -0700

I'll take a crack at the critical difference, briefly.

A "user" is a member of the Users group, which you control and
is exactly what you see when you look at the groups membership.

An "authenticated user" is any account that has been authenticated
(i.e. logged in with credentials) anywhere in the forest. 

-- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows  Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA
"Bill Tkach" <bill.tkach@iwafibp.ca> wrote in message
news:uT1KiX%23gFHA.2840@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I assume that if you are a USER, are you not already an AUTHENTICATED
USER?
>
> Can someone tell me the difference between these two groups?  Why I would
> use one over the other?
> Thanks!
>
> -- 
> bill
> visual.eyes@telus.net
>
>
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