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Tracking local user accounts for security audit

I would like to compile a list of local users accounts from all servers on the network. This would include domain and non domain W2K3 machines. A script to run net user and pipe the results to a file? Any help is appreciated. Thx
Jeff
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How can I give permissions to one account to create/modify/delete OU in Active Directory?

I have on account and I don't want to give it Administrator permissions, only to create OU, users, and groups. The trouble is that Accounts Operator can't create OU, how can I add a group for this purpose? Or can I change the permissions of Accounts…
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PostgreSQL User Permissions

I'm trying make a transition from MySQL to PostgreSQL, but find the user accounts/permissions system to be quite different. With mysql, all accounts are handled internally by mysql. With postgres is seems I need to make an account within the…
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AD account change not effective on sql server

When we have to change a user's last name lets say from jsmith to jjones, in our Win2000 active directory, we experience a bit of strange behavior with Sql Server 2008. When jjones hits the server via this application, Sql Server still thinks…
Jim Little
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Web based remote administration of Windows user accounts?

We're looking for a simple web based admin tool to allow trusted users to create windows user accounts via a web based interface. It should also give regular users the ability to change their passwords. I'm familiar with IISADMPWD from IIS 6, which…
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Missing local account after joining a domain

I attempted to add my computer to a domain and now I cannot access any of the local accounts on my computer. I had downloaded Windows Server 2012 and had two local accounts on it. Then, I attempted to access it using my friend's login information…
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How do I migrate, and rename a computer using ADMT command line?

I've checked all the ADMT documentation, experimented with negative results and am unable to get ADMT to rename a computer during a migration. The command I'm using is: C:\admt>admt computer /f:c:\admt\computers2.txt /sd:psg.local /td:company.com…
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Active Directory view last logged in computers

Is there a way to set a view up/add column for active directory on windows server 2003 under the computers section that tells me when they were last accessed. Just so it's easier when clearing up AD and getting rid of old computers etc from it.
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What's the difference between managing certificates for a user account and for a computer account?

We have some domain-joined computers that were unable to import a third party root cert as a trusted cert provider. In trying to fix this, I noticed that when we go to use the certificate management snap-in, we get a prompt like in the screenclip…
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How to disable account lockout policy on server 2008?

We've played around with the account lockout policy but it did not turn out to be a great idea. We have one account that's being used by 100+ computers and every now and then it gets locked. We weren't able to find out yet why it's being blocked or…
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Issues with Additional Accounts in Exchange and Outlook 2010

I have several users that need access to a common mailbox, lets call it contact@domain.com. Each of the users have an AD account in domain.com, and have their own Exchange mailboxes. After doing some research, delegated mailboxes were ruled out…
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Linux: disabled user accounts: Is there a non-root shell command that can show if an account is disabled or not?

Is there a non-root shell command that can tell me if a user's account is disabled or not? Please note that I make a distinction between LOCKING and DISABLED: LOCKING is where you prepend ! or * or !! to the password field of the /etc/passwd or…
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Streamline Active Directory account creation via automated web site

In my company we have high employee turnover, and hence our helpdesk receives about a dozen requests per week for new Active Directory accounts. Currently, we receive these requests simply via e-mail or voice-mail, and rarely do we have all of the…
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How to reduce our AD account creation and maintenance requests and work load

Where I work, almost 40% of our support requests are for account management tasks : Create new account and assign in groups Unlock an account Reset a password Change an account's groups following a change of tasks,responsibilities or location of a…
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Best Practices for "temporary" accounts in a Windows server environment?

Are there any best practices for "temporary worker" accounts in a Windows server environment? We have a couple of contractors joining the organization temporarily. They only need access to a few folders. Aside from joining them to the "Domain…
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