Microsoft® Windows® Scripting with WMI: Self-Paced Learning Guide

274 Part V: Security and Troubleshooting

Using WMI Namespace Security

One of the fundamental changes network administrators undertake is to modify the security

access on the different WMI namespaces. This can at times have unintended results. The prob-

lem is that each WMI client is responsible for handling security, and without a clear under-

standing of the required access, changes can break applications that use WMI. WMI maintains

a list of users or groups that have access to a particular namespace. This list can be modified

either by using the WMI Control tool or by using a script. Each WMI provider can require cus-

tomized security settings such as encryption or other specific settings.

Understanding the Defaults

Before you can modify ...