Paul this can be delegated via group policy. I found a way.
The main problem is that by default there is no power users group
on the DC side if this existed things would be easier right out of
the box to implement.
GP setting to allow xp user to create shared folders.
LOCAL POLICIES "User Rights Assignments" from new gpmc snap in.
"Computer configuration"
permissions needed
Access the computer from the network
Act as part of the operating system
Add workstations to domain "Can be disabled later on "
Allow log on locally
Backup files and directories
change the system time
create a pagefile
create a token object
create global objects
create permenant shared objects
log on as a service
perform volume maintenance tasks
Manage auditing and security log
restore files and directories
shutdown the system
synch directory service data
take ownership of files and other objects.
I created a new OU put the user in the ou, created a gp called power
users based on the above, ran gpupdate on dc and client. By default
all user accounts are a member of the domain users group.
default domain policy at root of tree is as follows.
LOCAL POLICIES "User Rights Assignments"
Access the computer from the network
Administrators/ Authenticated users /
Domain Admins / Domain Users
Act as part of the operating system
"As above"
Allow Log on locally
"As above"
Create permenatnt shared objects
"As above"
All others are default "Not Defined"
I would be interested what you think on this
Thanks Josh...
