Exercise 8.2: Creating Groups on Windows NT

Exercise 8.2: Creating Groups on Windows NT

Objective: Create new Global and Local groups and assign accounts to them.

Estimated time: 10 minutes

1.	Open User Manager for Domains. Observe the groups in the bottom window pane. Some groups have Globe icons, such as the Domain Admins group. Others, such as the Administrators group, have a Computer icon. As you might suspect, Domain Admins is a Global group, while Administrators is a Local group.
2.	Click on the User menu choice and choose New Global Group. The New Global Group dialog box appears (see Figure 8.5).
3.	Type Global Training in the Group Name field. In the Description field, type Training Department Members.
4.	Note the two boxes at the bottom of the screen. Administrator, Guest, and TestUser are displayed in the Not Members box. Choose TestUser and click the Add button. TestUser moves into the Members box.
5.	Click Close to return to User Manager for Domains.
6.	Click User and select New Local Group.
7.	The New Local Group dialog box appears (see Figure 8.6).
8.	Enter Local Training in the Group Name field and leave the Description field blank.
9.	Observe the members list box, which is empty. Click on Add.
10.	The Add Users and Groups dialog box appears. Choose the Global Training group and click Add. Note that you also could have added TestUser to the group directly. In Windows NT Workstation—which does not support the creation of Global groups—this would have been your only choice. Click Close to return to User Manager for Domains. Click OK to return to the New Local Group dialog box. The members list now includes the Global Training group. Click OK to return to User Manager for Domains.

Click User, Exit.