Yes, I just did the same thing and was able to setup the ACL properly by
selecting the DC. Thanks to all for the help.

James

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just for grins I went to a test DC I have for an upcoming project and was
> able to add the "NT Service\eventlog"  account (no quotes when adding the
> account) to random filesystem ACLs.  I did have to change the focus of the
> search location to the DC and not the directory.
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 1:03 PM, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> No sir, I cannot find it. On the servers that have the proper perms the
>> icon used is the same as the other security groups that have access to that
>> folder. Google has not been helpful yet in trying to resolve this.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:43 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> AFAIK, it's a user, not a group, that you are seeing. Can you access it
>>> by typing NT SERVICE\eventlog in the search field?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8 March 2011 15:40, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, 2008. The logon tab for Windows  Event Log service is grayed out
>>>> but says its using local service. On my other 2008 machines including
>>>> another DC on another domain when I look at the logs folders security
>>>> properties I see EventLog listed with full control. I would like to have
>>>> that configured on this other DC also but I don't see a way to do that.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:58 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> isn't eventlog a virtual account, not a security group? Are these
>>>>> Windows 2008 DCs you are using?
>>>>>
>>>>> *Eventlog and EventSystem are Virtual Accounts. Virtual Accounts were
>>>>> introduced in Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7.
>>>>>
>>>>> (1)Virtual Accounts aren't created but are used to run services. You
>>>>> access them by typing NT SERVICE\[service name] into the 'This account'
>>>>> field on the service's Log On tab in the service management console and
>>>>> leaving the password fields blank. Virtual Accounts
>>>>> have the same permissions as Network Service: They have standard user
>>>>> rights on the local machine but communicate with the network as the local
>>>>> computer account.
>>>>>
>>>>> (2)Using virtual accounts
>>>>>
>>>>> Virtual accounts require very little management. They cannot be created
>>>>> or deleted, nor do they require any password management.
>>>>>
>>>>> You must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer
>>>>> to perform the following procedures.
>>>>> To configure a service to use a virtual account
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services.
>>>>> 2. In the details pane, right-click the service that you want to
>>>>> configure, and then click Properties.
>>>>> 3. Click the Log On tab, click This account, and then type NT
>>>>> SERVICE\ServiceName. When you are finished, click OK.
>>>>> 4. Restart the service for the change to take effect.*
>>>>>
>>>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd548356%28WS.10%29.aspx
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8 March 2011 14:36, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I want to give access to folder system32\winevt\logs to the EventLog
>>>>>> security group on a DC, trouble is I can't find it.  On servers where I 
>>>>>> can
>>>>>> see that group has full control of that folder, if I do a search of 
>>>>>> security
>>>>>> groups EventLog isn't an option. Anyone have any ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James
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