Granting Administrative Permissions to Active Directory Users/Groups

By default, all Active Directory users and groups have no administrative permissions. If desired, you can grant them administrative permissions.

To grant administrative permissions to Active Directory users/groups in a domain environment

1. Configure Windows file sharing for one domain in the tree/forest.

   See Configuring Windows File Sharing for an Individual Active Directory Domain.

   New links appear in the Domain / Workgroup area.

2. Click Configure Permissions.

   The Configure Permissions dialog box opens.

   

3. Add each user and group who should have administrative permissions, by doing the following:
   1. In the drop-down list in the upper-left corner, select one of the following:
      • Domain domain Users. Search the users belonging to the domain called domain.
      • Domain domain Groups. Search the user groups belonging to the domain called domain.
   2. In the Quick Search field, type a string that appears anywhere within the name of the user or group you want to add, then click .

      A table of users or groups matching the search string appears.

   3. Select the desired user or group in the table.

      The user or group appears in the Quick Search field.

   4. Click Add.

      The user or group is added to the list of users and groups who should have administrative permissions.

4. In each user and user group's row, click in the Permission column, then select the desired access level from the drop-down list.

   Options include None, Read Only Administrator, and Read/Write Administrator.

5. To remove a user or group, in their row, click .

   The user or group is removed from the table.

6. Click Save.