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Setting User Permissions/Rights in Windows Server 2012 R2

Just WHERE in Windows Server 2012 R2 can you set a user's rights and permissions?  Yes, I am logged in as Administrator

I would have assumed, (yes, I know I shouldn't do this) that this setting would be under the "Security" tab in the user's profile like in Windows Server 2008 R2, but there is NO 'Security' tab.

I am used to setting up users in Windows Server 2008 R2 set as AD DS, but this is the first time I have set up a Windows Server 2012 R2 AD DS and added users.  When I create or want to modify a user's rights/permissions, I can't find where to accomplish this simple task.

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SteveFL wrote: Bill Kindle wrote: Do you have advanced view turned on? Where are you editing permissions from? Server Manager or ADUC?

I am trying to edit them in 'Active Directory Users and Computers' like I used to do back on Windows Server 2008 R2. 

I select the user, choose Properties and there is no  Security  tab showing.

Apparently this option has changed and I can't seem to locate the correct location to do this from.  Even my technical manuals don't fully cover this or the "Advanced View."  Where  is  advanced view?

Would it not be better to create an SG for Server users and just put limited users in a limiting group?  Then you're managing at the top level and avoiding future permissions headaches.

Do you have advanced view turned on? Where are you editing permissions from? Server Manager or ADUC?

alexfiala wrote: Would it not be better to create an SG for Server users and just put limited users in a limiting group?  Then you're managing at the top level and avoiding future permissions headaches.

It would be, but I the point is that I cannot find any way to assign rights and/or permissions here.  I have used Windows Server 2012 before but only as a print server.  I have never set up users or groups and it is slightly different in setup from the previous versions of Windows servers.

SteveFL wrote: alexfiala wrote: Would it not be better to create an SG for Server users and just put limited users in a limiting group?  Then you're managing at the top level and avoiding future permissions headaches.

You still have the ADUC tool. You also have a enhanced Active Directory Administrative Center. All of what you are trying to do is still there. Yeah, the UI is sligthly different, but you can still use RSAT from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. 

Bill Kindle wrote: Do you have advanced view turned on? Where are you editing permissions from? Server Manager or ADUC?

Bill Kindle wrote: SteveFL wrote: Bill Kindle wrote: Do you have advanced view turned on? Where are you editing permissions from? Server Manager or ADUC?

I'll have to check this out when I get back to that machine.  Why MS has to go and change the small things I'll never know.  Thanks.

SteveFL wrote: Bill Kindle wrote: SteveFL wrote: Bill Kindle wrote: Do you have advanced view turned on? Where are you editing permissions from? Server Manager or ADUC?

Steve, they haven't. That option has been there in ADUC for as long as I can remember.

Bill Kindle wrote: SteveFL wrote: Bill Kindle wrote: SteveFL wrote: Bill Kindle wrote: Do you have advanced view turned on? Where are you editing permissions from? Server Manager or ADUC?

Well, if that is so I must have never noticed it, or checked it without thinking when I was working with Win Svr 2008 R2.  Maybe it's age...nope, not going there!

In any case, I got to the machine and found the "Advanced" option, checked it and all it going as planned.  As said, I have had experience with Windows Server 2012 R2 but on a limited basis.  I am sure I'll run into another roadblock; probably with the WSUS side configuration.  I am tackling this project later this week.  Hopefully it won't be any different than setting it up in Win Svr 2008 R2!

It's not really.  WSUS seemed like it was easier to deploy this time actually. 

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Set and Check User Rights Assignment via Powershell

You can add, remove, and check user rights assignment (remotely / locally) with the following powershell scripts..

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I stumbled across this gem ( weloytty/Grant-LogonAsService.ps1 ) that allows you to grant Logon as a Service Right for a User. I modified the script you can now run the Powershell script against multiple machines, users, and user rights.

Set User Rights

All of the User Rights that can be set:

Note You may edit line 437 in the script to change what happens when the script is run without any arguments or parameters, this also allows you to change what happens when the script is run from the Powershell ISE.

Here are a few examples:

Add Users Single Users Example 1 Add User Right “Allow log on locally” for current user: . \Set-UserRights.ps1 -AddRight -UserRight SeInteractiveLogonRight Example 2 Add User Right “Log on as a service” for CONTOSO\User: . \Set-UserRights.ps1 -AddRight -Username CONTOSO\User -UserRight SeServiceLogonRight Example 3 Add User Right “Log on as a batch job” for CONTOSO\User: . \Set-UserRights.ps1 -AddRight -Username CONTOSO\User -UserRight SeBatchLogonRight Example 4 Add User Right “Log on as a batch job” for user SID S-1-5-11: . \Set-UserRights.ps1 -AddRight -Username S-1-5-11 -UserRight SeBatchLogonRight Add Multiple Users / Rights / Computers Example 5 Add User Right “Log on as a service” and “Log on as a batch job” for CONTOSO\User1 and CONTOSO\User2 and run on, local machine and SQL.contoso.com: . \Set-UserRights.ps1 -AddRight -UserRight SeServiceLogonRight , SeBatchLogonRight -ComputerName $ env : COMPUTERNAME , SQL.contoso.com -UserName CONTOSO\User1 , CONTOSO\User2

Remove Users Single Users Example 1 Remove User Right “Allow log on locally” for current user: . \Set-UserRights.ps1 -RemoveRight -UserRight SeInteractiveLogonRight Example 2 Add User Right “Log on as a service” for CONTOSO\User: . \Set-UserRights.ps1 -RemoveRight -Username CONTOSO\User -UserRight SeServiceLogonRight Example 3 Add User Right “Log on as a batch job” for CONTOSO\User: . \Set-UserRights.ps1 -RemoveRight -Username CONTOSO\User -UserRight SeBatchLogonRight Example 4 Add User Right “Log on as a batch job” for user SID S-1-5-11: . \Set-UserRights.ps1 -RemoveRight -Username S-1-5-11 -UserRight SeBatchLogonRight Remove Multiple Users / Rights / Computers Example 5 Add User Right “Log on as a service” and “Log on as a batch job” for CONTOSO\User1 and CONTOSO\User2 and run on, local machine and SQL.contoso.com: . \Set-UserRights.ps1 -RemoveRight -UserRight SeServiceLogonRight , SeBatchLogonRight -ComputerName $ env : COMPUTERNAME , SQL.contoso.com -UserName CONTOSO\User1 , CONTOSO\User2

Check User Rights

In order to check the Local User Rights, you will need to run the above (Get-UserRights), you may copy and paste the above script in your Powershell ISE and press play.

Note You may edit line 467 in the script to change what happens when the script is run without any arguments or parameters, this also allows you to change what happens when the script is run from the Powershell ISE.

Get Local User Account Rights and output to text in console:

Get Remote SQL Server User Account Rights:

Get Local Machine and SQL Server User Account Rights:

Output Local User Rights on Local Machine as CSV in ‘C:\Temp’:

Output to Text in ‘C:\Temp’:

PassThru object to allow manipulation / filtering:

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What are the defaults for the "user rights assignment" in an AD environment?

In a non-domain environment, gpedit.msc lets me associate various "user rights" (like "create a pagefile" or "create permanent shared objects") with users or accounts. This is in Computer Configuration | Windows Settings | Security Settings | Local Policies | User Rights Assignment.

Where exactly do I do this in AD? (Please don't just say e.g. "Group Policy Management Console". I've looked at all of the tools I can find, especially in GPMC, and I can't see it. I need either very explicit directions or screen snaps.

ADDED: Ok, I think I get it. You create a new GPO, click Edit, and this gets you to the Group Policy Management Editor where I find the familiar path. Then I link my new GPO to the domain or the OU or whatever where I want it to apply.

But I still have a question: none of the rights in the editor come pre-set to anything. Well, that makes sense because it's a brand new GPO. But is there any way to know what the defaults are, defaults that my new GPO will override? For example, what rights do members of the "Domain Admins" group get, by default?

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• If the downvoter would like to explain the reason for the downvote, I'd love to read it. I've been looking for this answer for over an hour so "did not do any research" is not the case. –  Jamie Hanrahan Oct 17, 2018 at 20:10

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The defaults are documented in:

Group Policy Settings Reference Spreadsheet https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56946

On the Security tab. Covers all versions of Windows. (I don't believe it has been updated for 1809 yet).

It depends on what you're asking.

If you're asking for User Rights Assignment on a single computer, look for Local Security Policy.

If you're asking for User Rights Assignment as a group policy, well, it shows up just fine in my console. Are you using RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools)? I'm using the RSAT available for Windows 10. Older versions of RSAT (or the version on the domain controller) may be missing some options.

• Yeah... I finally realized (after asking the first form of the question) that you can only see them when you open the Editor. It's surprising to me though that the Default Domain Policy comes with everything "Not defined" and yet the defaults are certainly being applied. Thanks! –  Jamie Hanrahan Oct 17, 2018 at 21:32

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Restrict user to only run programs on Windows server 2012 R2

I have a situation here I hope You can help me with. I have a Database running on a Windows Server 2012 R2 with a specific user account. Same user account is running a Windows Service. This Service does some work, and does some updates on the DB. This works quite good so far.

Now this Service has to run an external process at some point. And I do that with ProcessStartInfo And Process.Start . Which gives the following exception:

System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): Access is denied at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithShellExecuteEx(ProcessStartInfo startInfo) at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start() at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)

According to this stackoverflow answer I have to add this user (Active directory user) to the server. As it is now, the user doesn't have access to the server.

And I actually want to keep it this way and only give the user access to start processes (programs) without having access to the server.

Is that possible or am I on a wrong path?

Control Panel >> User Accounts >> Manage User Acconts >> Add... will probably do the work, but I have no idea which level of access I have to choose in the list of access levels.

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• You will need to give him enough permissions to run said program. So probably normal user rights? It sounds like it's a service so you should create a service user rather than use a regular user account. Nobody should login with a service account so there shouldn't be an issue? –  Seth Oct 20, 2016 at 12:19
• @Seth How do I do that? I cannot create the user directly in this server, it has to be in Active directory, and this user is only member of Domain Users security group. I don't really see a type for Users. Can only create User which I can assign to different security groups. –  Nawed Nabi Zada Oct 20, 2016 at 12:56
• Yes it would be an AD user but not an account a real person would be working with. Depending on the application you want to run you could give that user some more local permissions on that specific server. –  Seth Oct 20, 2016 at 13:14

Ok, I think the Exception is a little bit misleading. It seemed like the user wasn't allowed to run the application, but the real problem was that the user didn't had any access to the Directory where the application was located.

• Changing the security settings of the folder to allow Read & Execute rights to the user will fix this problem.

This way there is no need to add the user to the server.

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Security policy settings are sets of rules that control various aspects of protection. They include account policies, local policies, user rights assignment, the Windows firewall, software restrictions, and so on. There are several ways to configure security policy settings. The most common are:

• Group policy objects (GPO) – Used in Active Directory domains to configure and regularly reapply security settings to multiple computers.
• Local security policy (secpol.msc) – Used to configure a single (local) computer. Note that this is a one-time action. If another administrator changes these settings, you will need to manually change them back to the required state.

As most organizations use an Active Directory domain, it is preferred to apply security settings via group policies. You should have at least three security baselines created and linked in your domain, based on the following machine types:

• Domain Controllers (DC)
• Member Servers (MS)
• User Workstations

Configuring user rights assignment via Goup Policy

If you have multiple versions of operating systems (OS) running on these machines, you should create separate baselines for each OS version, as some settings might not be available. This also enables stricter configuration for older systems, as they are usually less secure.

It is a best practice to configure security policies using only built-in local security principals and groups, and add needed members to these entities. This gives you much better visibility and flexibility, as GPO provides more options to manage local group members, than to manage security policy members. For example, it's not possible to add a group whose name is generated using system variables (e.g., LAB\LocalAdmins_%COMPUTERNAME%) to a security policy; however, the group can be added to the Administrators group itself.

Security policies do not support generated group names

• Administrators – Members of this group have full, unrestricted access to the computer. Even if you remove some privileges from the Administrators group, a skilled administrator can still bypass those settings and gain control of the system. Only add highly trusted people to this group.
• Authenticated Users – A special security principal that applies to any session that was authenticated using some account, such as a local or domain account.
• Local account and member of Administrators group – A pseudogroup available since Windows Server 2012 R2. It applies to any local account in the Administrators group and is used to mitigate pass-the-hash attacks (lateral movement).
• Remote Desktop Users – Members of this group can access the computer via Remote Desktop services (RDP).
• Guests – By default, this group has no permissions. I don't think there is any need to use the Guest account and group today.

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) is a well-known non-profit organization that focuses on cybersecurity. To improve your knowledge of cybersecurity, you can access their free materials:

• CIS Controls – A set of 20 basic and advanced cybersecurity actions (controls). Using these, you can stop the most common attacks.
• CIS Benchmarks – Guidelines with specific configuration steps and detailed explanations. CIS Benchmarks are available for various products such as Windows Server, SQL Server, Apple iOS, and many more.

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Many companies and institutions create their security baselines based on CIS. I recommend you read CIS Controls. It really helped me to understand the importance of various security actions and settings.

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User rights assignments are settings applied to the local device. They allow users to perform various system tasks, such as local logon, remote logon, accessing the server from network, shutting down the server, and so on. In this section, I will explain the most important settings and how they should be configured.

For each setting, the following format is used:

Name of the setting: Recommended value, or values

Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller: No one (empty value)

Access to the Credential Manager is granted during Winlogon only to the user who is logging on. Saved user credentials might be compromised if someone else has this privilege.

Access this computer from the network: Administrators, Authenticated Users

Required for users to connect to the computer and its resources, such as an SMB share, shared printers, COM+, etc. If you remove this user right on the DC, no one will be able to log on to the domain.

Note : On DCs, you should also add the “ENTERPRISE DOMAIN CONTROLLERS“ group.

Allow log on locally: Administrators

The default configuration includes the Users group, which allows a standard user to log on to the server console. Limit this privilege only to administrators.

Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services: Administrators, Remote Desktop Users

It's common practice that some applications are used via RDP sessions by standard users. This privilege is also frequently required for remote assistance offered by an organization's helpdesk. If a server is running Remote Desktop Services with the Connection Broker role, the Authenticated Users group must also be added to this privilege.

Note: On the DC, it is recommended to allow only administrators to connect via RDP.

Back up files and directories: Administrators

This is a sensitive privilege that allows a user to bypass NTFS permissions (only via an NTFS API interface, such as NTBACKUP). A malicious user could backup and restore data on a different computer, thereby gaining access to it.

Deny access to this computer from the network/Deny log on through Terminal Services: Local account and member of Administrators group, Guests

The default value is only Guests. You should add the second group to prevent pass-the-hash attacks, so if a local elevated user is compromised, it cannot be used to elevate privileges on any other network resource, or access it via RDP.

Force shutdown from a remote system/Shut down the system: Administrators

Only administrators should be able to shut down any server, to prevent denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

Manage auditing and security log: Administrators

This is a sensitive privilege, as anyone with these rights can erase important evidence of unauthorized activity.

Note: If you are running MS Exchange, the “Exchange Servers” group must be added to DCs.

Restore files and directories: Administrators

Attackers with this privilege can overwrite data, or even executable files used by legitimate administrators, with versions that include malicious code.

Take ownership of files or other objects: Administrators

User having this privilege can take control (ownership) of any object, such as a file or folder, and expose sensitive data.

Deny log on as a batch job/Deny log on as a service/Deny log on locally: Guests

To increase security, you should include the Guests group in these three settings.

Debug programs/Profile single process/Profile system performance: Administrators

This setting allows a user to attach a debugger to a system or process, thereby accessing critical, sensitive data. It can be used by attackers to collect information about running critical processes, or which users are logged on.

Change the system time: Administrators, Local Service

Changes in system time might lead to DoS issues, such as unavailability to authenticate to the domain. The Local Service role is required for the Windows Time service, VMware Tools service, and others to synchronize system time with the DC or ESXi host.

Create a token object: No one (empty value)

Users with the ability to create or modify access tokens can elevate any currently logged on account, including their own.

Impersonate a client after authentication: Administrators, Local Service, Network Service, Service

An attacker with this privilege can create a service, trick a client into connecting to that service, and then impersonate that account.

Note: For servers running Internet Information Services (IIS), the "IIS_IUSRS" account must also be added.

Load and unload device drivers: Administrators

Malicious code can be installed that pretends to be a device driver. Administrators should only install drivers with a valid signature.

I hope this article helped you to understand why it is important to define a security baseline for your systems. Many of the settings are already configured properly following server deployment; however, if they are not controlled by a GPO, they can be manipulated by malicious users. Be careful to whom you grant administrator permissions.

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Created a domain account to use as a service account and then tried to run powershell cmdlets against the active RDS management server.

Gave that account local admin access on the broker servers and then was able to get further.

Got the error “Access is denied” when trying to run the invoke-RDUserLogoff(with correct hostserver and unifiedsessionID values) to log off a session using that account.

Need to know what permissions should be granted to the account to provide ability to run this command and where like on the broker or the session host.

I can’t run the RD cmdlets on the RD broker to remove a user session without local administrator privileges on the broker and session host.

I need to know what user permissions are necessary to run these cmdlets as giving local admin is not desired.

Sir we are having user1 in server1. We want to collect logs of server1 from server2 using credentials of user1. Surprisingly even after entering the credentials of user1 in event viewer it is taking loggedin credentials of the user logged into server2.

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Provides an overview and links to information about the User Rights Assignment security policy settings user rights that are available in Windows. User rights govern the methods by which a user can log on to a system. User rights are applied at the local device level, and they allow users to perform tasks on a device or in a domain. User rights include logon rights and permissions. Logon rights control who is authorized to log on to a device and how they can log on. User rights permissions control access to computer and domain resources, and they can override permissions that have been set on specific objects. User rights are managed in Group Policy under the User Rights Assignment item.

Each user right has a constant name and a Group Policy name associated with it. The constant names are used when referring to the user right in log events. You can configure the user rights assignment settings in the following location within the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment , or on the local device by using the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc).

For information about setting security policies, see Configure security policy settings .

The following table links to each security policy setting and provides the constant name for each. Setting descriptions contain reference information, best practices for configuring the policy setting, default values, differences between operating system versions, and considerations for policy management and security.

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