Permissions and User Rights

To back up or nonauthoritatively restore Active Directory, you must have the following permissions and user rights:

• To back up the System State data, the person performing the backup procedure must be either a Backup Operator or an Administrator.
• To restore the System State data, the person performing the procedure must be a Local Administrator.

Backup Operator, Administrator, and Local Administrator are Windows 2000 built-in groups. They are already set up and have the necessary permissions and user rights already defined.

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