Terminal Service access Domain Controller and Non-Domain Controlle

[John B]

I have a user that I want to do minimal maintenance on a domain controller,
but do not want them to be an administrator in the domain. I am unable to
logon to the domain controller as that user. I am able to logon to a
non-domain controller server. The error that I am getting is, "To log on to
this remote computer, you must be granted the Allow log on through Terminal
Services right." I googled this message, but was unable to find anything to
help with this. Any help with getting this to work would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks.

John

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

John B wrote:
> I have a user that I want to do minimal maintenance on a domain
> controller, but do not want them to be an administrator in the
> domain. I am unable to logon to the domain controller as that user. I
> am able to logon to a non-domain controller server. The error that I
> am getting is, "To log on to this remote computer, you must be
> granted the Allow log on through Terminal Services right." I googled
> this message, but was unable to find anything to help with this. Any
> help with getting this to work would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> John

Add them to the Remote Desktop Users group on this server. I'm assuming it's
a member server and not a DC.

Or edit the local policy to add this user to the "allowed to logon via
terminal services" setting (I forget where that is).