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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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Users in Administrators group cannot perform admin tasks with PowerShell remoting only administrator can

I am working on Windows Server 2016 (workgroup) and enabled powershell remoting on it. Only the default administrator account can perform tasks that require administrative permission such as Get-Service Get-DnsServerZone and when I do that I get…
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Different ssh authentication policies for different accounts

I know that I can disable SSH authentication with clear text password for root user (using PermitRootLogin) and enable it for all other users. But I need to disable text passwords for some list of users (and keep only public keys authentication for…
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How to automatically switch to home directory when switching user?

When i ssh to my ubuntu server, i get logged in to my user's home folder. But when i do su otheruser and enter the password, i get logged in as the otheruser but the home directory stays for the previous user. How to automatically switch to the…
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Active Directory User Attribute List

I'm trying to find a list of Active Directory User Attributes that I can use for customization without having to extend the schema. We are using 2008R2 functional level. I exported a list with powershell of all properties. But I don't know how to…
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Change AD users attributes via Power Shell script

In the domain I'm working we created an attribute "regulationMatrix" . When I try a powershell command like get-aduser USER -properties * that specific attribute shows up only if it has a value set like "regulationMatrix : {PIC}",…
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Difference between Roaming profiles, User Profile, Home Folder, and Redirected Folders?

On the network where I work, it appears at various times people have had roaming profiles, user profiles, redirected folders, and home folders. What are the purposes and differences between these? Note: I come from a Linux background, this is the…
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PowerShell - finding users who are Inactive AND not disabled

I wrote this cmdlet: Search-ADAccount -filter {(enabled -eq $true)} -Users Only -SearchBase "ou=FirstOU,dc=domain,dc=com" -AccountInactive -TimeSpan 30 But it outputs an error: Search-ADAccount : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter…
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How can I trace the source of repeated account lockout against Exchange server?

I have an AD user account that is being repeatedly and frequently locked out, I have been able to trace the lockout to the Exchange server CAS array. However I am at a loss as to how to continue the investigation. The event logs on the Exchange…
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SCCM - Where to put the create user step

I've implemented SCCM on our server and am now running task sequences to migrate from Windows XP to Win7. But we also need to be able to add a new local admin, because disable the default Administrator (with the built-in step). To add the new admin,…
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Fixing "Could not chdir to home directory" on a homeless user

Basically I created a new sudoer without a home directory (adduser --no-create-home), but now, everytime I login with it I get prompted with a "Could not chdir to home directory: No such file or directory". Is there a file that dictates where the…
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What do I need to be cautious of when changing a User Logon Name in Active Directory?

I'm new to my current employer, being their only Sysadmin. I'm seeing a small handful of users who have User Logon Names which don't conform to the naming convention standard which majority of users are set to. This would be first name and first…
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Writing to an MSMQ queue over the network from a local account?

I have this problem which involves writing MSMQ messages from machine A (Windows 7) to machine B (Windows Server 2008) which are in the same network. This problem only occurs when the message is sent from a local account; it works great when sending…
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Transfer an account from a 'dead' domain

So - following from my previous question: How do I stop DFSR replication preventing a Domain Controller from advertising Domain Services?, I lost the FSMO DC, and my only other DC was in an unrecoverable state. I've created a new domain to continue…
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Restore "lost" user after Active Directory removal?

Is it possible to restore lost users after Active Directory unistallation ? (I forgot to switch users to local users) The computer run Windows Server 2008 R2 Entreprise, and all the registry linked to the user i want to restore seems to still be…
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UID/username lookup on IBM z/os USS

How can I associate a UID to a specific username on IBM z/OS Unix System Services? Within USS, I see content created in my user space which I do not own. File ownership lists a three digit numerical value, rather than a username, which I presume…
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