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Account Operators group does not have the permission to create Contact objects


Author: Erik Rozman MVP

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Summary

Members of the Account Operators group do not have the permissions to create or manage Account objects.

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Symptoms

When delegating permissions to manage users the Account Operators group should be used. After adding a user account to the Account Operators group the added user has the permissions needed to create/manage/delete Users, Groups and Computers in the domain (except for the Domain Controllers OU, Administrators group, Domain Admins gorup and their members).
Members of the Account Operators group do not have the permissions to create or manage Account objects.

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Resolution

If the permission needed to manage Contact objects is needed by members of the Account Operators�it should be explicitly granted by using either the Delegation Wizard or manually.

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More information

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/windowsserv/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/sag_ADgroups_9builtin_intro.asp

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Keywords: KB555190, kbhowto, kbpubtypecca, kbpubmvp

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Article Info
Article ID : 555190
Revision : 1
Created on : 9/2/2004
Published on : 9/2/2004
Exists online : False
Views : 319