Link to home
Start Free TrialLog in
Avatar of Marcus N
Marcus NFlag for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

asked on

Active Directory GPO prevents users local login with error "Local policy of this system does not permit you to logon interactively"

Users with the following group memberships receive the following error message, "Local policy of this system does not permit you to logon interactively".

Group Memberships;
Domain Users                   CompanyName.local/Users
Internet Users                   CompanyName.local/MyBusiness/Security Groups
Remote Desktop Users     CompanyName.local/Builtin
Users                                CompanyName.local/Builtin
DG1                                  CompanyName.local/MyBusiness/Distribution Groups
DG3                                  CompanyName.local/MyBusiness/Distribution Groups

DG1 is not a member of any other group but under the properties->general tab the security radio button is checked, not the distribution radio button.

DG3 is also not a member of any other group and also has the security radio button checked.

In ISA2004 firewall DG1 prevents users getting access to a blacklist of websites and DG3 allows access to some specific websites on a whitelist. In both cases the policies are just before the allow internet access policy, well down the policy stack.

My configuration consists of SBS2003R2 Premium with ISA Firewall 2004 and a network of XP clients.

Only when I add the user to Domain Admins are they allowed to logon to an XP client.

I have looked at many of the KB articles and blogs but many refer to Server 2000 problems or problems logging onto the server. I'm specifically interested in users logging onto XP clients.

ANy help and advice is gratefully appreciated.

Avatar of ilantz
ilantz
Flag of Israel image

you should install GPMC , and double check if you accedently linked gpo's in the domain level...
you could generate the report & see which policy affects the issue.
It sounds like you've got a group policy object defined that has one of the following settings configured:

Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment\Allow log on locally

or

Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment\Deny logon locally

Let me know if either if these is configured and what groups are defined therein.

I suspect you've got the first one set and Domain Admins specified.

Cheers,

TCP


Avatar of Marcus N

ASKER

Mr. TheCapedPlodder -

Under "Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment\Allow log on locally" it says the following.
Account Operators
Administrators
Backup Operators
CompanyName\BESAdmin
CompanyName\Domain Admins
Print Operators
Remote Desktop Users
Server Operators

Under "Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment\Deny logon locally" it says the following.
Not Defined

Mr. ilantz -

From where do I install GPMC please?

Mr. ms-pro -

Thank you, but solution A isn't relevant as Administrator can logon.

Solution B isn't true (see the answer provided above).

Solution C isn't relevant as this isn't a remote logon terminal services issue.

I'd welcome any other thoughts and opinions, of course. And thank you in advance for this and those.
Mr. ms-pro -

Thank you. I have run the gpmc and attached are two screen shots taken from that. Does this help to understand the problem?
GPMC-2008-06-24.jpg
GPMC-2008-06-24b.jpg
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
Avatar of TheCapedPlodder
TheCapedPlodder
Flag of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland image

Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
SOLUTION
Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial