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Test‐UserRightsAssignmentSeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege
2.2.17 Ensure 'Create symbolic links' is set to 'Administrators' (DC only) 2.2.18 Ensure 'Create symbolic links' is set to 'Administrators, NT VIRTUAL MACHINE\Virtual Machines' (MS only)
This policy setting determines which users can create symbolic links. In Windows Vista, existing NTFS file system objects, such as files and folders, can be accessed by referring to a new kind of file system object called a symbolic link. A symbolic link is a pointer (much like a shortcut or .lnk file) to another file system object, which can be a file, folder, shortcut or another symbolic link. The difference between a shortcut and a symbolic link is that a shortcut only works from within the Windows shell. To other programs and applications, shortcuts are just another file, whereas with symbolic links, the concept of a shortcut is implemented as a feature of the NTFS file system.
The recommended state for this setting is: Administrators and (when the Hyper-V Role is installed) NT VIRTUAL MACHINE\Virtual Machines.
Test-UserRightsAssignmentSeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilegeNumber Name Source Pass
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2.2.17 (L1) Ensure 'Create symbolic links' is set to 'Administrators' (DC only) Group Policy Settings True