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by the jedi

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I have a member server on an NT4 network that i can only gain access to by logging onto it as the administrator. All the other member servers & PDC/BDC can be logged onto with any user with administrative rights, so i think it is a local policy issue (maybe). I need to let another company log on to this server but not with administrator.

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by joseph moore

On the NT4 member server, click Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> User Manager.

The local User Manager should open up, showing the local accounts on that machine, NOT your domain accounts.

Click Policies -> User Right

Click the drop-down window and select the right "Log On Locally". Then in the Grant To box, add the accounts/groups you want to allow to log into the box locally by clicking the Add button.

Click OK when you are done, and that's it.

hope this helps

by the jedi

Thanks for the help joseph, but when i go to user manager all i get is user manager for domains not local. Help!!
The message i get when i try & log on as another administrator is "A policy on this system will not allow you to log on locally".

by curacao_dejavu

Roger was almost right, he only missed a small detail.

On the NT4 member server, click Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> User Manager.

GO to User, select domain, and type in the computername of the server.

The local User Manager should open up, showing the local accounts on that machine, NOT your domain accounts.

Click Policies -> User Right

Click the drop-down window and select the right "Log On Locally". Then in the Grant To box, add the accounts/groups you want to allow to log into the box locally by clicking the Add button.

Leopold

by the jedi

Thanks Leopold, i can now change the local policies, which means i can log on to the machine with my user name but it now gives me the error message "DESKTOP cannot open this file, the path is too long". Then i just get a blue screen, but i can still look at the task manager etc.
Help !!!

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