Right! How does one give additional permissions to SYSTEM and ADMINISTRATORS? The only member of the latter does not seem to have the right to change permissions on that file...
BTW, a GOOGLE search indicates that this is a common problem lacking a common solution. -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org "Tim Vander Kooi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/07/2008 02:18:33 PM: > Normally you should have at least 4 groups on the root: Users, > Administrators, System, and Trusted Installers; all of them except for > Users should have Full Control rights. Users will have only Read and > Execute. > TVK > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 1:57 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Push install of Office2003 to Vista > > Blundering along, most of the software packages pushed out via GPO > installed onto my new Vista box. The exception was Office2003. Finally > > finding the event logs, I see a problem with the file [system > root]\system32\mapisvc.inf. The system does not have the right to > update > this file. > > All "users" (which includes SYSTEM and ADMINISTRATORS) have only read > and > execute rights. Only "TrustedInstaller" has write, modify, or full > rights. Furthermore, although SYSTEM is listed as the owner, I am > having > difficulty granting SYSTEM additional rights. After I post this, I'm > going to go see if there is a local group called "TrustedInstaller" to > which I can add SYSTEM, but is there any other way to get GPO-pushed > installs to work? > > (FWIW, Firefox, AcrobatReader, and a couple of others successfully > loaded > via GPO). > -------------------------------------- > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator > ASPCA Knowledge Management > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > 217-337-9761 > http://www.aspca.org > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
