granting remote wmi permissions

realizing that this information being embedded in an opalis blog post may prove obscure and difficult to locate, I'm reproducing it here.  this is basically a summary of how I managed to grant rights to the opalis action server account in order for it to have wmi query access to a windows server 2003 sp2 server.

 

dcom permissions adjustment (on the sccm server)

• launch dcomcnfg.
• navigate to component services \ computers \ my computer.  right-click my computer, choose properties.
• under the com security tab, click edit limits in both sections.
• grant the following rights to the ois action account:
  • remote access
  • remote launch
  • remote activation
• navigate to the dcom config section under my computer, locate windows management instrumentation. 
• right-click windows management instruction, choose properties. 
• under the security tab, click edit under the launch and activation permissions section.
• grant the ois action account the following permissions:
  • remote launch
  • remote activation

sccm permissions

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	read resource
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deployment	read
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