Strange possible group policy request....?

Guru · 8 Sep 2009 at 23:01

Is it possible to setup a user account that can only access the shutdown/restart option on the server and nothing else?

If so how can this be achieved?

Cheers,

G

Django x2 · 8 Sep 2009 at 23:11

For a pure maintenance point of view? As in, no access to task manager, desktop icons, programs, control panel, etc?

What server version?

marc2003 · 8 Sep 2009 at 23:19

re-direct the start menu/desktop to empty folders and disable everything else you can possibly think of?

Guru · 9 Sep 2009 at 08:36

Lucero said:
For a pure maintenance point of view? As in, no access to task manager, desktop icons, programs, control panel, etc?

What server version?

Exactly, no access to anything else.

They have a server 2008 box, but I have a feeling that the guy who's requsting this is on about their XP machine that runs the FTP server. Will get clarification today.

At this stage they are really just asking if it's possible and I don't know myself.

Thanks for any advice,

G

Frapple · 9 Sep 2009 at 08:42

Just give only him permission to shutdown computers remotely. (You can do this is group policy)

Then run CMD;

shutdown -m \\computername -r -t 01

use -s for shutdown in place of -r.

Write him batch files for each one, viola!

Guru · 9 Sep 2009 at 08:56

I like it!

Now to google how to do that in GP lol

Thanks