I've noticed one annoyance with SUS and non-admin users. If you're using SUS
and a GPO with the automatically download and schedule the install, only admins
are able to click yes or no to the subsequent reboot screen after having the
updates applied. The no button is grayed out for non-admins.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rasmus Rønlev [mailto:rr.its@cbs.dk]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 5:14 PM
To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: Automatic Updates and Users/Power Users
Okey,
If my first post gets through, that needs to be semi-disregarded, was a bit
quick on the reply button there. Sorry.
The Windows Update program/service runs as the System Account. And if it's
set to automaticly download and notify it will ask anyone logged on
interactively, for permission to install the downloaded patches. Since it
has rights from the system account it will install updates no problem in
this setting, from a normal user account and upwards. No problems at all.
If you use SUS nothing much changes except your Windows Update service will
now only download updates, that you have accepted to roll out on/from your
SUS server. In this way you can potentially delay or block rolling out
certain update packages, which you might not want to deploy in your
enterprise. The same download/install behaviour described above will still
be in effect though. I.e. you can use it for everyone with User privileges
and up.
I hope that answers the questions somewhat more to the point :)
Regards,
r@smus
.
Rasmus Rønlev
Copenhagen Business School, ITSu
Cell: (+45) 29612544
Phone: (+45) 38153521
Fax: (+45) 38153536
-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@pinnaclefinancial.com]
Sent: 12. januar 2005 17:56
To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
Subject: Automatic Updates and Users/Power Users
If Automatic Updates is not set via GPO to contact an SUS Server but has
been set to download updates and notify to install, will a user or power
user be able to initiate the install?
If Automatic Updates is set via GPO with the same download/install, but
from an SUS server, does anything change?
Essentially, how do I ensure, using Automatic Updates, with and without
SUS, that a computer that the daily user only has User or Power User
Access, that the updates can be installed.
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