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Re: Restrict the Domain Admin


From: cc <cc () belfordhk com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:56:18 +0800

sf_mail_sbm () yahoo com sighed and wrote::

Hi List,
Is there a way to restrict access of a Domain Admin?

Here's my $0.02.

By restricting the access of a domain admin, you've already
defeated the purpose of a domain admin.  The main point of
the matter is that in order for one person to be a domain
admin, you must have extraordinary (or maybe just special)
trust in both the person's ability and their standards of
operating procedures.   By restricting access to the domain
admin, you are in essence saying, "Here's the domain access,
but we don't trust you enough to give you the full 9 yards
so we're restricting your access to these privileges."

If you don't have 100% confidence in either the person's
ability or their ethics, you really shouldn't be giving
the person that much access to begin with.

As some other poster (Mr. Armfield) mentioned here, eventually
you'll need a person who has access to the whole nine yards.




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