user with non-admin rights can't initialize drive

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  1. Posts : 31
    MAC OS X v10.4.10
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    user with non-admin rights can't initialize drive


    Hi,

    Anyone know how to allow a user with 'Power User' rights to initialize an external hard drive.

    Run-as local admin doesn't quite work. I also started the initialization process then gave the drive back to the user to finish formatting in NTFS. However, the HD is 2 tb and he only got to 10 mb before Win7 quits and shoots failed error.

    Any advice is much appreciated.

    Thanks,

    Ben
    Last edited by StuberB; 02 Jul 2010 at 15:37.
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  2. Posts : 1,403
    Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
       #2

    If you have the drive hooked up and you initialize it, what is stopping you from formatting it for them to begin with? It's of little use till it is formatted, a quick format takes less time than informing a user they need to format there newly initialized drive. Or am I missing something?
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  3. Posts : 31
    MAC OS X v10.4.10
    Thread Starter
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    I agree ... formatting the drive take little effort and would be simple enough for me to do. However, I need the user to be able to do it himself under the current permission settings I gave him. Reason being is the user is preparing/formatting several drives daily for use in our company.
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  4. Posts : 1,403
    Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
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    Well to the best of my knowledge a power user should not have any problem doing that.
    Are you sure they are a power user?

    Is this a domain environment?
    You may have to give them local admin privileges to the local PC. And only Domain User privs on the Domain.

    If you are locking down desktops,, then You may have to trust your tech to be able to use their system as an Admin. Techs should always have a certain level of Admin Privs.
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  5. Posts : 31
    MAC OS X v10.4.10
    Thread Starter
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    Excellent suggestion.

    You are correct that this is a domain environment. I set the user locally with 'Power User' rights. You are also correct that if I give the user local admin rights he can accomplish this but local admin rights are not an option.
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  6. Posts : 1,403
    Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
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    Other than giving him an Run As Admin userID, you don't really have a choice if Power User doesn't give him rights.

    Unless you give him admin rights to just the management console, not sure if that will work.
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  7. Posts : 31
    MAC OS X v10.4.10
    Thread Starter
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    Unfortunately, that doesn't work for initializing drive. It does work for some things like renaming drives. But, I need to be able to isolate/target his admin cred. to just initialing/formatting.

    thx though
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  8. Posts : 1,403
    Win 7 Ultimate 32bit
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    Yeah,, don't think you can get that granular with that.
    My rights management skills are not super excellent, but due to the nature of what you are asking, it may not be fully possible.
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  9. Posts : 163
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 | OSX Lion 10.7 x64
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    If you can't set this on Local Policy Editor (gpedit.msc), then I'm afraid there is no much to do besides the all powerful full local Administrator rights.
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  10. Posts : 2,528
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
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    Yeah, formatting a drive is a HUGE admin right. Probably one of the most serious. So from a philosophical standpoint, it's one of the last things you want to be able to grant a domain user. :)

    Depeding on the person, generally people that need that kind of power are given local admin rights but standard domain user rights.

    If it's just for fomratting drives you might think about using a laptop that is off your internal netowrk and give local admin rights to that, then restoring the HD image after he's done if you are really tight on security.
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