Property Sets and Default Security Descriptors

I made a brief mention of some of the default security permissions that apply to users in my article on Delegating Privileges in Active Directory for Windows IT Pro. I’ve gotten a couple of e-mail questions so I thought I’d elaborate here since I don’t have to worry about how many words I have to work with in this space. Every object class definition in the Active Directory schema has the option to define a “defaultSecurityDescriptor” value which holds the initial ACL that will apply to any new instances of that object when they are created. This rule doesn’t hold … Continue reading Property Sets and Default Security Descriptors