Re: User Account SID - Map to new user

From: Alaa Abdelhalim [MSFT] (alaa_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/17/03 

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:08:02 -0700

There are tools and API functions to do that for domain users. I don't think
there's any such tools (from Microsoft at least) for local users. But I'm
guessing you might find some third party tools that scan the hard drive and
basically modify security descriptors that contain the specified user SID to
include the SID of the new user you specify. 

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"dbrennan" <dbrennan@invotion.com> wrote in message
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> I am looking for a way to remap or repurpose a given user
> SID.
>
> For example:
>
> User1 is a local user on a box.  User 1 has varying
> permissions on drive e:.  User1 is deleted/removed.
>
> Now I have an orphaned sid with permissions all over the
> e: drive, but no user to map it to.  I want to be able to
> re-assign a local user to that SID.
>
> Is this possible?
> With win32?  With WMI?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dan
> .
>
>

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