Granting RAS Dialin Permission to a Group of Users

ID: Q155180


The information in this article applies to:


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:


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          : ntras ntsecurity NTSrvWkst 
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : 

Last Reviewed: January 16, 1999