Yea, that is possible.
First of all find the registry hive/key over any of your XP client, which
controlls the 'firewall' & then create a new custom ADM file to
provide you
the power to control the firewall settings from policy editor (search google
for how to create custom adm files ~~>
http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=how+to+create+adm+files&btnG=Google+Search&meta=).
Now import your first customised ADM file in policy editor & then disable
firewall from there. Save all your changes to a filename as NTCONFIG.POL.
Place it in your netlogon share & its all done.
Let your XP clients log off n log on for changes to take effect.
With the same way you can control any registry setting. But make sure you
revert back the setting in policy editor to get that effect off from clients
as these changes are tattooed to your box & need to revert back precisely
for reverse effect.
Regards
Amit..
>From: Koenraad Lelong <samba.k.lelong@ace-electronics.be>
>To: samba <samba@lists.samba.org>
>Subject: [Samba] Question about policies [OT?]
>Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:37:48 +0100
>
>Hi,
>I'm using samba 3 as a domain controller. For some XP-pro laptops I
would
>like to disable the firewall when they are logged in on our network (I
>don't like it but I have to). Is this possible with Windows policies ?
If
>so, does someone know about good reading material about policies ? I do
>have "Mastering Windows XP professional" but that's absolutely
no help.
>Thanks for any thoughts.
>Regards,
>Koenraad Lelong.
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