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.
Questions tagged [user-accounts]
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Why limit maximum username length to 8 characters?
Throughout my humble career in IT I generally see username length limited (typically to 8 characters). This occurs on a variety of systems including Active Directory and database apps.
Is there a reason for this? Is there best practices with…
Geordan
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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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net localgroup Administrators shows user names multiple times
I am seeing this kind of output when I run net localgroup Administrators
MYDOMAIN\user1
MYDOMAIN\myuserid
MYDOMAIN\myuserid
MYDOMAIN\someotheridIdontrecognize
I cannot delete someotheridIdontrecognize via net localgroup Administrators…
treefrog
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Join reputation when joining accounts
Would it be possible, when automatically joining my account among Stack projects, to share reputation as well?
Now I have 5 accounts and 5 different reputations - it is frustrating.
Thank you.
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Username conventions in a company
I'd like to understand common and practical username creation conventions which could be used in companies as unique names of user accounts. Let's say a small company with perspective of growth wants to consolidate its home-grown IT and want to…
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