Admin Tip #267: Allow normal users to change NT's system time |
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By default, only members of the Administrator and Power User groups can change the system time on a workstation. This is controlled by the User Right Change the system time. To grant the right to the ordinary users group or a specific account:
- Start/Programs/Administrative Toos/User Manager
- Select Policies
- Select User Rights
- Select Change the system time from the drop down
- Click Add to include the ordinary users group or select a specific account to grant the right.
If you have a large number of individual account you want to grant various User Rights, you can Server Resource Kit utility ntrights.exe at the commandline. A syntax example is:
ntrights +r SeSystemtimePrivilege -u domainormachinename\accountorgroup See the resource kit documentation for user rights syntax.
Must have for NT administrators