Default groups created by Sharepoint

[Mikey]

I've been try to stop STS from creating local groups on our Project
2002 Server. In looking at the local SAM database on the Project
Server, I stumbled onto something that I don't understand. We are
running Active Directory in Mixed Mode. I looked in the
'OWS_1157953144_admin' group created by the STS setup and noticed that
it shows the domain local 'Administrators' group as being a member.
How was a domain local group added to a member server local group with
AD running in Mixed Mode? Am I seeing things?

Thanks in advance,

Mike

 

[Gary L. Chefetz \(MVP\)]

Mikey:

What do you mean by "the domain local 'Administrators' group?" The Local
Administrator's group is a local group. It needs to be there, and the STS
COM+ account must be a member of the Local Administrator's group in order
for Project Server to provision the physical sites in IIS.

--

Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
"We wrote the books on Project Server"
http://www.msprojectexperts.com

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[Mikey]

I'm speaking of the local Administrators group within the Windows
domain that the server is a member of. If you look at the group it's
called Builtin\Administrators. That should be the domain local admin
group. Actually, either way, how is a local group being added to
another local group within a mixed mode domain?

 

[Gary L. Chefetz \(MVP\)]

Mikey, maybe I'm having a brain fart, but you're losing me. A global group
can be added to a local group, if that's what you're asking.

--

Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
"We wrote the books on Project Server"
http://www.msprojectexperts.com

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[Mikey]

But if you look at the 'OWS_1157953144_admin' group, it's not a Global
group that's a member of it, but a local group. I knew you could put a
local in a local in Native AD mode, but not Mixed. I think I'm going
crazy Gary.....I just don't see how they got a local in a local in
Mixed mode.