Re: How did the Admin Know that I made a Local Logon Account?

From: Thor Kottelin (thor_at_anta.net)
Date: 03/20/04

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    NewUser wrote:

    > I started a part time job a while back and for work related reasons to
    > lengthy and boring to mention I created a local logon for the
    > computer. I was able to do so with out problem so I must have local
    > admin privileges for the machine.
    >
    > Today I went to use this account for the first time and was unable to
    > do so because the network admin had deleted the account.
    >
    > My question is...How did he know that the account existed? I didn't
    > think that you could audit such info on the local machine.

    By default, domain administrators are local administrators on domain
    members.

    If you don't like this, you can remove those privileges. However, if you
    don't own the computer in question, be prepared for social and/or legal
    consequences.

    Thor

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