How to grant network access to LocalSystem account?
Solution 1:
In a domain environment, you can grant access rights to computer accounts; this applies to processes running on those computers as LocalSystem
or NetworkService
(but not LocalService
, which presents anonymous credentials on the network) when they connect to remote systems.
So, if you have a computer called MANGO
, you'll have an Active Directory computer account called MANGO$
, which you can grant permissions to.
Note: You can't do any of this in a workgroup environment; this applies only to domains.
Solution 2:
You don't. If you need a service to connect to remote files or other network services, then you want to have the service run as a named account, and on the remote machine, assign rights to that named account.
It would really be best if you full explain what you're trying to do - that way you'll get the best answers.