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Thread: Account lock out

  1. #21
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    NO that employee says that he has not logged in to any other machine, I have enabled logging in DC , But I don't see any thing in security. Also I have reset his password to the original one, Will this work ? Also If I delete the pwd file from his machine will that be useful ?

    Thanks,

    MRG.

  2. #22
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    hehe. Shared useraccounts are truly a bad idea.
    That's why we have a policy that defines that a userID is stricly personal.

    It's for the protection of the user. Not because we like to bash on lusers (at least that's what we tell "them" )

    If something happens and we trace it back to a user ID the owner of that ID will be the one that's going to get the blame. If that users happens to share his/hers ID with someone else it's their problem. We still blame the owner of the ID (and he/she could get fired).

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    PWD file?!?!?! There are NO such files on WinNT/2K/XP/2K3
    Resetting the password doesn't help. The account will still get locked out.
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    Oliver's Law:
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  3. #23
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    i am sorry for asking about the PWD file. Reseting the password back to the original one helped till now (touchwood) no locking up account again.

    MRG.

  4. #24
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    This works because the "other" machine is still logged on with that same old password. You'll soon run into trouble again when the password expires.
    Oliver's Law:
    Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

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