Active Directory Default Domain User permissions

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If I create a new AD domain user account. Does it, by default, have access to locally log on to any machine in the domain and read/write to its hard drive?

What are the default permissions for a new domain user in AD?

Best Answer

By default all new users are part of the Domain Users group. That group in turn is part of the Users group on all machines in the domain. So a user will have the privileges of a normal - non admin user on any box in the domain. What that means is they will be able to write to files in their home directory but not much else without permission updates.