The WOLFTECH domain has a number of special groups to apply security policies and provide access to resources. This document explains the function of these groups and their intended memberships.
Top Level Groups
Group Name |
Description |
WT-<OU>-<NAME> |
Managed groups. The groups are defined using the WolfTech Managed Groups Tool. |
NCSU-ACS Users |
This group is given Read access to the ACS Q Drive on the ACS domain. A GPO (NCSU-ACS Users) is linked at the People OU and is filtered to this group to automatically mount the Q drive. Only staff who need access to the ACS Q Drive should be members of this group. NOTE: OU Admins should not move their local "ACS Users" group as this will cause this connection to fail. |
NCSU-Allow RIS |
A GPO (Domain-Allow RIS) is linked to the domain root and filtered to this group to allow members of this group to use RIS to reinstall computers. Members of NCSU-Departmental OU Admins are a member of this group. |
NCSU-Computers |
All computers under the NCSU OU are a member of this group. |
NCSU-Computer Migrators |
All .admins which are members of this group have the ability to join a computer to the domain. For those whom you want to have this privilege without granting them full OU Admin status. |
NCSU-Departmental OU Admins |
All OU admins are a member of this group. Members of this group are delegated Read access to all group policy objects. |
NCSU-Desktops |
All desktop computers under the NCSU OU are a member of this group. |
NCSU-Laptops |
All laptop computers under the NCSU OU are a member of this group. A GPO (Domain-Laptop Policy) is linked at the domain root and filtered to this group to set laptop specific policies. |
NCSU-Software Packagers |
Members of this group have Full access to the NCSU software packages share (\\wolftech\files\common\ncsu\packages) and Full access to the SW-NCSU and FW-NCSU GPOs. |
NCSU-User Account Managers |
Members of this group have Full access to the People OU. |
ECE Departmental Groups
The following special groups are used in the ECE departmental OU. This is provided as a suggestion to other departments.
Group Name |
Description |
ECE-ACS Users |
This group is a member of NCSU-ACS Users that gives Read access to the ACS Q Drive on the ACS domain. Only staff who need access to the ACS Q Drive should be members of this group. |
ECE-Allow RIS |
This groups is a member of NCSU-Allow RIS that allows members to use RIS to reinstall computers. This group is useful for users who need to be able to use RIS, but are not OU admins. |
ECE-Computer Admins |
This group is a member of the local Administrators group on all computers in the ECE OU. Members of this group have Administrator priveleges on all ECE computers, but no special domain priveleges. ECE-OU Admins is a member of this group. |
ECE-Computers |
All computers within the ECE OU are members of this group. |
ECE-Desktops |
All desktops within the ECE OU are members of this group. |
ECE-Enable Remote Assistance |
A GPO (ECE-Enable Remote Assistance) is linked at the root of the ECE OU and filtered to this group that enables Unsolicited Remote Assistance on all members of this group. |
ECE-Enable Remote Desktop |
A GPO (ECE-Enable Remote Desktop) is linked at the root of the ECE OU and filtered to this group that enables Remote Desktop on all members of this group. |
ECE-Laptops |
All laptops within the ECE OU are members of this group. |
ECE-OU Admins |
This group is delegated Full access to the ECE OU. |
ECE-Users |
All ECE users are a member of this group. This includes students who have access to teaching lab computers. |
ECE-IT.Users |
The regular user accounts of IT staff members are members of this group. This group is a member of all ECE computers local Users group. This allows IT staff members to logon using regular user credentials. |
ECE-Remote Assistants |
This group is referenced in the ECE-Enable Remote Assistance GPO to authorize users to provide Unsolicited Remote Assistance. |
ECE-Software Installers |
Members of the group have Full access to the ECE software share (\\wolftech\files\ece\software). |
ECE-Software Packages |
Members of this group have Full access to the ECE packages share (\\wolftech\files\ece\packages). |