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Questions tagged [administrative-privileges]

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Global Administrator / disable having access to the email "open another mailbox..."

I am global admin on a domain and as the name implies, I have access to all emails and having access to their emails via "open another mailbox..." in exchange. Now, one thing I noticed is that I am not able to access one specific user's email…
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Linux root using domain users kerberos tickets

We’ve just migrated a set of Centos6/7 hosts from pure OpenLDAP based authentication to IPA and Kerberos. What surprised us is that a local root user on an IPA enrolled host can use ‘su’ to become an IPA user. If the chosen IPA user is currently…
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How to prevent users from installing software on Windows 2016 on Azure?

I have an application server running Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) on Windows Server 2016 in an isolated Azure cloud environment and would like to prevent the users (who login via RDP) from being able to install software on a whim. How to best…
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Accessing Local Directory via UNC Prompts for Credentials

We have a Windows 2016 server with the hostname, foo.example.com. When logged into it as a Domain Admin, if we enter itself as a UNC path in Windows Explorer... \\foo.example.com\d$ ...we can access it. Same if we use localhost or it's IP.…
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Administrators lost access to network drive and remote desktop Windows Server 2008

Three days ago, all the users with administrator role could not connect to our server (Windows Server 2008 R2) via network drive or remote desktop, while general users could apply these functions as usual. The administrators can still log in at the…
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Granting OU-limited read AND write admin privileges to On-Premises Exchange Server 2016

I've successfully created a limited Management role, and assigned a user to it, that allows a junior admin only two things via the ECP web page: -- Reset passwords in a particular Org Unit -- Create new users in the same The write privileges are no…
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How to remotly validate an installation for a basic user?

We have 10 PC on the network and we don't have ActiveDirectory. Actually, every time than a user (they aren't admin on their computer) want to install a software, I use TeamViewer to access the computer and install the application manually with the…
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Windows - Fine-grained administrator permissions

Whenever the Windows UAC pop-up shows up to grant a program administrator rights there is just a Yes/No answer. Is there any way to limit what a program can do when run as administrator. Most programs do not need all priviledges, but just a little…
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Windows 7/Windows 10: Preconfigure USB network adapter

One device our users have to interact with is connected to via a generic Ethernet over USB cable. After being connected to that device, the PC needs to be configured with a specific static IP adress on that virtual adapter for communication to work…
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Possible to provide full Domain Admin rights, but disallow creation of new Admin accounts?

I would like to provide full administrative access to servers within the domain to another admin, with a single exception: the administrator should be unable to create new administrator accounts. I have looked at the options available through…
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Installer file not launching with Administrative privileges in Windows 10

I just performed two brand new (clean) installs of Windows 10 Pro (v1709 - latest release, with all Windows Updates) on two different PCs. I joined them to my Domain, then logged in as the Domain administrator and began to install programs. On one…
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How to detect when someone customizes a managed PC?

As we have moved to Intune, we have "managed" nearly everything. Making Intune the only local administrator needed on most of our PCs. Reaching the edges of this policy, I would like to make it possible for a technician to customize a PC. While…
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How to create a non-admin user in OpenBSD to be able to login as a root like in Linux-based systems?

Usually, in Linux-based systems I create new user without admin rights (sudo group). I'm able to login as that user via SSH and then, when I need admin rights, I can just, $ su root ...entering pwd... # whoami root In OpenBSD I can't login as a…
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Unable to create a GCP machine due to access rights

I have multiple GCP servers and am trying to build a new one based on cpanel with ubuntu. Now whenever I try and create it tells me I'm unable to build and try giving access rights to my account. I've gone in and added google compute admin to my…
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What permissions would I need to give a developer for a Wordpress website?

I am hiring a web developer to create a theme and administer my plugins. I need new plugins but I also need them to run reports from my plugins. I'm new to this so I want to know what permissions they would need to build the theme, fix problems with…
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