Granting RAS Dialin Permission to a Group of Users (155180)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q155180 SYMPTOMS
There is no facility in Windows NT 4.0 that will enable you to grant Remote
Access Service (RAS) dial-in permission to a group of user accounts.
RAS dial-in permission can be granted to a user account using either the
Remote Access Service Administrator utility or User Manager. With the
Remote Access Administrator utility, you may grant RAS dial-in permission
to all user accounts using the Grant All option, or to one user account at
a time. With User Manager, you can grant RAS dial-in permission to one user
account at a time.
CAUSE
This is a limitation of Windows NT 4.0.
RESOLUTION
The following workarounds may be used to allow simultaneous granting of RAS
Dial-in permission to a group of users:
- Add all users that you want to grant RAS dial-in permission to a new
domain. Establish a trust between this new RAS account domain and the
original domain such that the original domain trusts the new RAS account
domain.
- On the RAS server in the original domain, start RAS Administrator and
click "Select Domain or Server" from the Server menu.
- Choose the RAS account domain, click OK and then click Permissions
from the Users menu. You will only see user accounts in the new RAS
account domain you have created. You can use the Grant All feature to
simultaneously give all of these accounts RAS dial-in permission
without giving all accounts from the original domain RAS dial-in
permission.
-or- - Windows NT 4.0 now exposes new APIs that will allow you to write your
own application that will enable you to grant dial-in permission to
groups of users. For a list of these new APIs, consult the Win32 Software
Development Kit (SDK).
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We
are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 2/13/2002 |
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| Keywords: | KB155180 |
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