New Access Privileges for Event Log, Audit Log and Registry

ID: Q129126


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.51, 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51, 4.0

In Windows NT version 3.51, new access privileges have been added to the system event log, audit log and the registry in order to prevent users without administrative privileges from viewing them. The following now have access privileges:


   Account               Access Privilege
   --------------------------------------
   Local System          full access
   Administrators        read/clear
   Backup Operators      backup only 


Additional query words: prodnt access denied

Keywords : ntsecurity
Version : 3.51
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :


Last Reviewed: February 27, 1999
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