I looked through my whole AD and can't find the AUTHENTICATED USERS Group!

I looked through my whole AD (Windows 2000 native-mode domain) and can't
find the AUTHENTICATED USERS Security Group! Where is that darn group??!!!

The External Trust to that Account is in the ForeignSecurityPrincipals
Container within the root of the Domain NC. How ever the account runs under
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users.

NT AUTHORITY is a system domain, which you can't do anything about.

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Christoffer Andersson
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"Spin" <> skrev i meddelandet
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> I looked through my whole AD (Windows 2000 native-mode domain) and can't
> find the AUTHENTICATED USERS Security Group! Where is that darn
group??!!!
>
>

When I do an AD global search for "NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users",
nothing comes up.

"Chriss3" <> wrote in message
news:...
> The External Trust to that Account is in the ForeignSecurityPrincipals
> Container within the root of the Domain NC. How ever the account runs
under
> NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users.
>
> NT AUTHORITY is a system domain, which you can't do anything about.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Christoffer Andersson
> No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup
> If the information was help full, you can let me know at:
> http://www.itsystem.se/employers.asp?ID=1
>
> "Spin" <> skrev i meddelandet
> news:bvuc7o$10ru8f$...
> > I looked through my whole AD (Windows 2000 native-mode domain) and can't
> > find the AUTHENTICATED USERS Security Group! Where is that darn
> group??!!!
> >
> >
>
>

search for just Authenticated Users, that one should show up. if not check
if the external trusts exist in the ForeignSecurityPrincipals Container
within the root of the Domain NC

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Regards,

Christoffer Andersson
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"Spin" <> skrev i meddelandet
news:bvufk3$10sjl7$...
> When I do an AD global search for "NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users",
> nothing comes up.
>
> "Chriss3" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > The External Trust to that Account is in the ForeignSecurityPrincipals
> > Container within the root of the Domain NC. How ever the account runs
> under
> > NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users.
> >
> > NT AUTHORITY is a system domain, which you can't do anything about.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Christoffer Andersson
> > No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup
> > If the information was help full, you can let me know at:
> > http://www.itsystem.se/employers.asp?ID=1
> >
> > "Spin" <> skrev i meddelandet
> > news:bvuc7o$10ru8f$...
> > > I looked through my whole AD (Windows 2000 native-mode domain) and
can't
> > > find the AUTHENTICATED USERS Security Group! Where is that darn
> > group??!!!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Authenticated USers will not show up using tools like Active Directory USers and computers. It is a system group and its membership is determined dynamically. To permission a resource against the authenticated users Group OR any System Group you could use the Net LOCALGROUP command. Also in Windows 2000 you could use the Security tab and then click on the advanced tab and then type in the name of the system group you want to persmission against.

Hope this helps.

Cheers!