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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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Preload user profile from a domain to expedite first log in

We have a few new and not-so-new computers that will soon be used by a large number of new people. From what I've seen, even the new ones take a long time to set up the profile when the user logs in for the first time. On top of that, we still need…
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Possible to name a computer the same as a domain?

If I have a domain called "HOUSE" with user "JOHN", would it be possible to rename a PC to "HOUSE" with a local user called "JOHN"? So both would then be HOUSE\JOHN. Edit: I should add, the PC is on the domain "HOUSE".
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I'm making a user for a custom java server, what do I need to take into account setting up the user?

I'm new to this process, so bear with me please. The server is my own socket server, it parses data from connected clients and saves it to a database. It won't serve data in the form of web pages or anything, at the very most it'll retrieve data…
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Change an installed program from one user to all users

I have a situation where a server was set up for a specific project and SQL Server Express was installed, but it appears to have been set for only the original installer's ID. I am now required to work on the server but I can't get to SQL Server…
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Create user account on many servers

I have a users.txt with the following content: ip1 user1 password1 ip2 user2 password2 .... ipN userN passwordN I want to create one user on each of these servers. I want to use this script on each…
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Count of Unix users: how many is too much?

I know about Postfix MTA configuration concepts: there's tree of them and the last one is most-appropriate only because it doesn't require new Unix user to be created for new mailbox creation. From manual: As a system hosts more and more domains…
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providing full access to users in 2008 to delete files

i have provided full access to some users, i.e Read,write and modify but not RDP. But they are not able to delete the files. They can delete the files only if they are added into Domain Admin group which also means that they RDP into that Particular…
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Bind a fake service to a tcp port

A friend of mine gives me a (user) ssh access on an ec2-instance (ubuntu) that he's got. So, for reason that now I don't know, in the future I will have need of an open tcp port over the firewall to make listening some sort of service (like http or…
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How to get IP address from username

In a Windows Server 2003 network with domain, is it possible to obtain the IP address or PC name only with username? Using Windows cmd.exe commands from any client on the network.
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Windows 2003 Active Directory: Log failed login attempts with the password used?

Windows 2003 Active Directory: Log failed login attempts with the password used? I want to log not only the username but the password used also for debugging purpose. Is there a way to do that? One of the application is not able to connect with…
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Users & Groups replication in a workgroup environment

Good Day, I have two servers running windows server 2008 R2 Also i have same users and groups in a workgroup environment on both servers how can i replicate all users&groups on server 1 to server 2 that when whenever i add or modify a user or group…
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Does it work to have the same Username on workstation and server

I am relatively new to networking. We have about 40 computers on a network and one SBS 2008. We want to use the SBS for file and print sharing, but would prefer not to go to a domain situation. Unless perhaps there's a way to keep profiles local and…
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How to send Linux Passwd / Usernames + Passwords via Mail Script?

How can I send one user list automatically 1 times a week via e-mail with all users and passwords from them per email ?
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Weird user creation / Is this some sort of attack?

For a few years now, a bot-like user tries to create 10-12 users a couple of times during a day first and last names like "rlpzieqT WHKLpdGQr" (on a website of mine). The ip address is always different. Below is an excerpt of a log I created for…
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If a user returns after being deleted from AD, can they have the same username?

"Jan Smith" is returning to my small organization after a few years elsewhere. Her old AD profile ("jsmith") was deleted years ago and does not exist in Deleted Objects. We retained her network folder, so I have the SID for her old account. We…
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