Microsoft KB Archive/155180

= Granting RAS Dialin Permission to a Group of Users =

Article ID: 155180

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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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).

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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.

Additional query words: security

Keywords: KB155180

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