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I want to connect to registry on a Windows NT 4.00 server, using the remote
registry call; RegConnectRegistry.

This works well when I connect to Windows NT 3.51 and Windows NT
workstation 4. But in order to connect to a Windows NT 4 server, I need to
be member of the administrator group in order to access any keys under the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE section.

I have tried to add myselves as a user on the remote server with full
control to the above mentioned key. This without any luck. This applies to
servers set up in both workgroups and domains. It's no difference.

Tests with regedt32.exe and regedit.exe gives the same result, so it's not
my application that is the problem.

Is there some way give some users/groups access to this part of registry on
Windows NT 4.00 servers?

Has it something to do with the way the NT Server sets the security for the
standard shares?

I understand why they have restricted the access to the registry. We have a
Windows NT 3.51 server with default registry security set up in our office.
From remote machines with Guest access I can easily connect to registry on
that server and modify registry settings. This is not good. But I don't
understand why I can't grant access to users that I trust using the
Security / Permissions ... menu item from regedt32.exe ! ? 

Best regards

Petter Enholm
WinLink Software Integration AS