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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Setting up local administrator accounts that still require a domain administrator for certain tasks
Having started in a new place recently, I've been tasked with setting up 2 new workstations, however I'm having a hard time figuring out exactly how the workstations here were configured in the past, ...
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User account keeps getting locked out
I have a user in my environment that keeps getting locked out.
I have managed to trace the source of the lockouts and found a process on a server which is located on C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\w3wp....
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Samba4: Set unix properties of account
I've upgraded to samba4 (4.3) and now I can use the samba-tool to create users, add them to groups, ... but I can't set the unix attributes of user account.
I tried looking around samba-tool but I ...
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Fully fleshing out a local user account added via command line
I am working at a customer site commissioning a bunch of Windows 7 systems that were just delivered. The systems were imaged with a basic setup that included all of the main software needed for the ...
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can't find source of user lockout
System "scanner" user keeps locking, and in event viewer there is blank space where is the source. In some cases there is an ip address, wich points to different printers or scanners, but there i ...
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Writing a script to find what computer a user is logged into
So I want to specify a username and return the computer name. When I run this, it tells me that my $computers obj is null. Why would
$computers = Get-ADComputer | where {$_.accountdisabled -eq $false}...
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How to separate linux accounts from email accounts?
I've got a small jack-of-all-trades server running CentOS 7 Linux. Now I need to add email support to it (SMTP/POP3/IMAP/webmail). Most of it is pretty clear, except for one thing - I'd like to ...
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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 ...
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Basic Auth User Management
I have 2 questions regarding Apache Basic Auth that i currently am utilising. I have a website that after a certain action, the website will produce a Basic Auth username and password for the user to ...
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Which server was logged into by specific user
How do I go about finding out which server was logged into last using a specific user account on the domain?
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Can an (Open)SSH login name have more than 30 characters?
I have to login via SSH to a web hosting server. Unfortunately the login name equals the domain having more than 30 characters. OpenSSH client on debian based linux system cuts the login name to a ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 - Limit number of sessions created by a PARTICULAR user
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server which can be connected by my guest user through RDP to access a custom desktop application.
I want to limit each user to be able to access the custom desktop ...
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AD Server 2012 - Make an admin account that can only add new users
I have been looking all over the web trying to find an answer but no luck.
Does anybody know, if it's possible, how to make an admin account, that ONLY have access to add in new users to the Active ...
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Windows Server 2012 Local Master User
I have a local user on my Windows 2012 machine called "Master". The description of this user is "Built-in account for administering the computer/domain". I haven't found any information about this ...
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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 ...
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Windows server 2008 active directory user profile
I just wanted to ask about profile migration.
There is Windows 2008 r2 server and people are working connected to this server through RDP. One user was deleted from active directory a long time ago ...
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samba4 unix user and group id mappings
I've got a samba4 on an ubuntu server (samba 4.1.17). The linux system users are available from samba dc via sssd (ldap module) and are working ok. I can login via ssh, create and access directories ...
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MySQL Log to show users
I have a MySQL server running with about 50 users. I am looking for a way to tell which users are still actively accessing the server, which accounts are used.
I already thought about grep-ping ...
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How do you rebuild a Windows 7 user profile on a PC joined to an Active Directory domain and why would you want to do this?
a question I was asked at a job interview today. Don't think I was on-target with my answer.
How do you rebuild a Windows 7 user profile on a PC joined to an Active Directory domain and why would you ...
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Correct way to setup linux company share folder with usable permissions
I've just started working for a small company that has a globally shared folder run from an Ubuntu file server (Raid 5, etc) shared by Samba.
The workstations (Centos) are all fstab setup to mount ...
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How to manage multiple users trying to add the same domain to my DNS Servers
I am developing a free DNS service and I can't totally solve the situation when two or more customers try to add the same domain (nearly at the same time).
Here are a few solutions to handle this ...
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How to get the time and date at which a user account is locked/unlocked in unix?
I need to get the exact time and date at which a user account was locked or unlocked in Linux.
passwd -S command can give the status of an account i.e., if its locked or unlocked.
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How to gain access to a local user profile linked to a Microsoft account?
Inspired by this question, but without all the clutter about bad coding practices.
On Windows 8 and later systems, you can log in using three types of accounts:
Local user account
Domain user ...
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create user without password in ubuntu with su access?
I am trying to create a user with su access on centos.
I followed the instructions from this post. but NOTHING worked.
I want to login using su test_user
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sudo adduser test_user
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nginx proxy cache configuration for user authentication web application
I have a web application in node + express + passport + mongo database + ejs and single application is configured to handle all the sub-domains. I'm using nginx as proxy server, I need to and must use ...
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How do I modify, disable, or delete a task with stored credentials after a Server Name Change?
I have a task that's been running regularly every 30 minutes for several months. It's got stored credentials for my account, listed as MACHINE_NAME\USER. After the creation of this task, we decided to ...
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Restoring login account blocked by inactivity
Login accounts have an inactivity timer set at 35 days. That is, /etc/pam.d/passwd-auth has a line
auth required pam_lastlog.so inactive=35
So I get lines like
sshd[29629]: pam_unix(...
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UAC never asks for admin password, denies access on admin-related tasks, on client computer. How to fix UAC?
I have a client computer, Windows 7 64 bit, connected to our network. The user who signs on is not an admin (according to our active directory). It's having credential issues which I'm trying to fix ...
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Why does my local account lock after a session's timeout?
I connect to my server (local account) by RDP :
PC -> VPN -> SERVER
Sometimes, when i've finished my work, I click on the cross to close the RDP session without loging off on the server.
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Authenticate domain user to a domain computer when the computer is not connected to the network?
Our organization sends people to remote locations for periods of 45-90 days. The users at these locations need to use client software on a domain computer in order to do there job. Recently we had an ...
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how do I copy a file to all user accounts
OSX Yosemite server - 150 odd networked user accounts - is there a way to copy a file (such as a Safari Extension) to the same relative location in each user account?
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FreeIPA - remove user password
I have created a user in FreeIPA. He has been assigned a password and SSH key. I want him to leave only SSH key.
Is there a way, how to remove password??
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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 ...
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enable built-in adminstrator account on SBS2011
In an attempt to uninstall Exchange 2010 I removed some mailboxes (before I would then remove the DB's), but in doing so, it looks like I've removed the AD administration account - named sbsadmin.
It ...
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Samba user login
some help needed.
I have/manage a samba share at work. It works fine for everyone except one user. I've tried all I can think now, so now I hope for some new input.
$smbclient --list LOCALHOST
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"groups USERNAME" and "getent group" results different outputs
I found that there is a user named speech-dispatcher that belongs to group audio (based on groups speech-dispatcher output). But it is not listed under getent group command! What is the problem?
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CentOS - make a user run a script on login and exit
Is there a way to lock down an account to when it logs in, it runs a specific command/script and then exits after the action is completed, while keeping it locked out of performing any additional ...
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Accounts suddenly expiring when created with 'NET USER /ADD /expires:NEVER'
I'm using the following command in a PowerShell script to create new local user accounts. The account is created successfully, the correct password is set and I can logon to it fine.
NET USER ...
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Hiding the active Administrator account in Windows 8
I am trying to use the integrated "Administrator" account in Windows 8. The problem is that I do not want this account to appear on the Welcome Screen for login. I tried to hide the account by using ...
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Set up 'tomcat' non-root user in Tomcat 8
I've installed Tomcat 8 in Debian 8 and I need to harden the web server.
I'm following the official Tomcat documentation guide and in the security considerations section recommends to create another ...
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Is it possible to sync Google Apps for Business accounts to an Active Directory server?
I'm familiar with "Google Apps Directory Sync" and "Google Apps Password Sync", but both only work one way - with the Active Directory being the authoritative source and the Google Apps consumes ...
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Removed AD User, Need to Associate Existing Profile to New Account
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Server 2012 R2 (AD Server)
Windows 7 (Users Computer)
Accidentally removed an AD User, stupid mistake. Unfortunately it seems the user was permanently deleted (didn't make use of the ...
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What user accounts are necessary on the domain controller pc?
2012 R2 environment
When a server is created to be a domain controller, it can be setup using the domain\administrator account when is attached to the domain. The machine will also have the default ...
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials - Safe to delete default accounts?
I'm using Windows Server 2012 Essentials with the trial version. It has a 25 limit and currently I'm a bit over that.
I'm wondering if is safe to delete some of the default users that got ...
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Creating AD user accounts for workstations in different sites
I am intending to set up user and administrative accounts for all workstations in my company (a small one). The company has 3 offices located in different locations, connecting to different Internet ...
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Change Microsoft Account to Local Account from Administrator Account
My apologies if this should be posted elsewhere. I've searched around and cannot find an answer, and have found a few places that it seems appropriate to ask, and this is one of them. Let me know if ...
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Windows domain account, expired vs. disabled status
I know that expiration feature in a Windows domain environment for user accounts is useful for automation processes. But I'd like to know if a disabled account is the same than an expired account in ...
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Can I prepare a domain user account without the user's password
We have a 2012R2 domain and have configured many GPO settings for our users based on the team they are working for. In the near future, we will replace our existing laptops with new ones and move to ...
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NetworkService account access to a shared folder (WinSrv 2012R2)
We have services running under IIS with pool setup to run under NetworkService identity. If the service required access to a shared folder on a remote server, on previous versions of WinServer we just ...
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User is not in passwd list [closed]
Some user forgot his password and I want to restore it being root. For that I use, in su :
#passwd <user>
passwd: user '<user>' does not exist
I know the user is there because trying ...
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