If you store the policy file on the local host you can point the machine to look at the local machine for the policy file.
Microsoft has a relatively easy to follow set of instruction on policies in NT4. Here are the Q Articles I downloaded to help me in this. Q161334 Q185588 to Q185591 ~~~ Joseph L Friday - CAD/LAN Manager The University of Kansas Design & Construction Management 1246 West Campus Road #214 Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7505 PH# 785-864-5645 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Ross Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 6:52 PM To: Machtolff, Andrew J Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: NT 4 Server User Policies I think that's my problem...these don't work locally do they? I can't set the box up as on a domain, entering "COMPONE" as the domain gives an error about not finding the PDC, and I don't know how to set it as the PDC; do I need a BDC for that? Like I said, this is just temporary and for learning purposes until we move on to bigger and better things (2kS, 2kAS, *nix). +------------------------------+ | Ross Nelson | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | War doesn't determine who's | | right but who's left. | +------------------------------+ On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Machtolff, Andrew J wrote: > As far as I know, you just have to name the file ntconfig.pol and put it > in the NETLOGON directory. The workstations on the domain look for that > file there, and will apply any applicable policies to them selves / their > users. > > Note: All of your policies should be located in that one file. i.e. if you > have a policy for Marketing and policy for Accounting, both group policies > should be visible when you open ntconfig.pol in PolicyEditor. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ross Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 6:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: NT 4 Server User Policies > > > I deleted the message that I intended to reply too...oops. > > I did put them (after looking this stuff up online this morning) in > C:\WINNT\System32\Repl\Incoming\Scripts or whatever it was, but they > didn't take effect. > > As for the login script, do you mean a .cmd/.bat file that calls the > policy file? If so, how does one do that? > > Ross Nelson > > On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Joel F. wrote: > > > One way to do it is setup a login script, so that the policys are > > automatically imported on login. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ross Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 6:06 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: NT 4 Server User Policies > > > > Hi. > > > > The store I work at wants to have a network set up with different > > versions > > of Windows, maybe *nix eventually. I have installed NT4 Server on a box > > to be our dedicated server, but I can't get the policies to work right. > > I > > created a user `Visitor' and created a new .pol file to lock that user > > out > > of changing many settings, but it didn't work. Am I supposed to move > > the > > ..pol file to a different folder or something? `Visitor' still has all > > rights that anyone else in `Users' or `Guests' (not sure where I put it) > > has. > > > > Ross Nelson > > > > >
