Local admin rights?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain (More info?)

Log on to the domain from the computer you want to set up a user as admin,
as the domain admin.
Add the user's domain account to the local admin group on the PC.


hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

"Shane White" <ShaneWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1F96F112-6F9C-4E0B-BD41-EC1E42E88B77@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have a client running a Novell and WindowsNT4.0 environment. When users
> log into Novell, they are also logged onto the domain (since passwords
> match). Currently, no one has local admin access to their own machine, so
> they cannot install software, use Windows Update, etc. What is the
easiest
> way to give a user local admin rights to their own machine under WinNT4.0?
I
> tried creating a local account on the workstation, but then realized that
the
> user never logs on to this workstation account since they are
authenticating
> to the domain. Users need to be able to install software, use Windows
> Update, etc. The only stipulation is that users should NOT be able to
view
> another machine's C: drive (i.e., \\machine-name\c$).
>
> Thanks for any advice-
> Shane
>