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Questions tagged [user-accounts]

A user account is an access authorization to a restricted IT system. It consists mostly of a system wide unique user name an a password which are needed for authentication. IT systems use the user account to identify the individual user and grant him permissions which are associated with the user account.

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proftpd join multiple paths into single virtual filesystem for specified user

I've tryed configure proftpd for specified user, that join at least two directory paths as single filesystem tree, including chroot option (rootdir). Is it possible any way? Proftpd has support for that scenario? I don't want do any mounts -bind on…
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User gets locked out frequently

I have a user that gets locked out of their AD account almost daily and sometimes multiple times a day. The account even gets locked out when they are not working. They utilize 3 different computers two of which generate the lockouts - so I know at…
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Why does Azure AD joined account name on local computer not sync after change of UPN in Azure AD?

A user asked me to change his account name in Azure AD, which I did (actually did it through GoDaddy UI but end result is change of user principal name). The account name has changed on his Teams and email (after signing out and signing back in) but…
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How to Limit CPU Cores in Ubuntu / Virtualmin?

SYSTEM INFORMATION OS type and version *Ubuntu Linux 20.04.4 Virtualmin version 6.17-3* I am sole owner of my server and all the virtual servers. I want to limit the resources being used by servers. Currently I set up ram usage by editing…
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Changing Azure User Access Administrator?

The root User Access Administrator that is inherited by all our subscriptions is assigned to an account of an ex-employee. We're keeping that account alive so that we can continue to make changes as needed, but it's a less than ideal setup. Is…
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Updating AD attributes programmatically

My apologies, as I am an engineer not a sys admin, but am working with someone who is managing AD. Current situation: We have an AD attribute that contains a longish parse-able string that contains several data elements. We'd like to break those…
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Is it possible to access MS Teams Team member tags via PowerShell or other means?

I was thinking of using Tags assigned to Users in a MS Teams (on Office365) Team for some reporting related things and query them in some PowerShell scripts. Is there a way to get this information? I was thinking something along the lines of the…
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AD keeps locking my account every 5 minutes, but without reason?

I know there are many threads who are similar like mine, but may I'm to stupid to get all these informations. My problem is I changed my password and since them i get locked every ~5 minutes, I don't have any scripts who uses my creds, and also no…
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Create User active directory Bulk and home folder for user but folder Not Created

all I am trying to create a user with Active Directory and home folder automatically using bulk files and csv but when the user is done I check the user profile it redirects every user's home folder but I check the directory folder is not created…
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Bash - Run 'chage' Command Against Each User Account

I have to audit the users accounts on our linux servers in each environment so I want to script checking whether each account is expired or not. I have a for loop that's pulling user accounts listed in /etc/passwd and stores them in an…
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How can I "archive" accounts in Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC)?

I don't mean disabled... and I'm hoping for something other than "exported". Here's my problem: My org never deletes accounts (just disables them)--not my call. I've hidden the disabled accounts from browsing with a custom filter…
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Run Script over SSH with nologin user

I have to run a script from server A and connects to 20 more servers over ssh to pull information. Previously i was using a normal user, and that would become a problem once the password for that user is expired. So i was thinking about using a…
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In a windows domain, if I define the local Administrator group in Restricted Groups, does it remove Domain Admins?

It is my understanding that in a Windows domain, the Domain Admins group is automatically added to the local Administrators group for all domain members. I need to add another domain account to the local administrators group for some systems using…
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How long should accounts be deactivated before being deleted?

How long should accounts be deactivated before being deleted? Should accounts be deactivated? For example, our organization uses 1Password Business, which allows for accounts to be deactivated. How long should we keep deactivated accounts around?…
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Linux user and password copy between servers with cron script

I have two Red Hat 7 Linux servers that I want to keep user accounts synced. I have a bash script that copies these files between servers: /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group /etc/gshadow /etc/subuid /etc/subgid The script is run from a cron job…
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