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Local Group to Global Group

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by jhallett

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Is there any way of changing a local group to a global group without deleting the group and recreating it?

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by shanghai sam

In short, no. In NT, a local group can contain user accounts and global groups. A global group can only contain user accounts. To prevent the possibility of having a global group be a member of a global group, NT won't allow you change the type of the group once created.

by timwalsh

In short, no. In NT, a local group can contain user accounts and global groups. A global group can only contain user accounts. To prevent the possibility of having a global group be a member of a global group, NT won't allow you change the type of the group once created.

by timwalsh

In Win2K, you have a little bit more leeway in nesting groups. A global group can contain other global groups, but only from the same domain. But since a local group can contain global groups from other domains, likewise Win2K prevents you from changing the type of the group once created (with one exception).

by timwalsh

A local or a global group can be changed to a universal group, but only if the domain is in native mode. Your only possibility is to change from the local to a universal group and then change the universal group to a global group if there are no cross-domain global groups included as members.

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