[windows2000] Re: Changing Domain Administrator account name
- From: "Jonathan Jesse" <jjesse@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:51:18 -0400
Thanks for the advice, it worked smoothly.
Good job group and have a great weekend.
Jonathan Jesse
Network Specialist
Founders Trust Personal Bank
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[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sullivan, Glenn
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 11:30 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Changing Domain Administrator account name
You've got it right on all accounts... yes, that is how you rename it,
and yes, the "separate account" method is a "Best Practice" that is good
to follow.
Not easy to follow, especially if you don't start off that way. But
with the advent of "Run As" and "Manage Your Server" it is now much
easier...
HTH,
Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.
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[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Jesse
Posted At: Friday, August 20, 2004 11:22 AM
Posted To: Windows 2000
Conversation: [windows2000] Re: Changing Domain Administrator account
name
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Changing Domain Administrator account name
Pardon the ignorance, in Active Directory Users and Computers, right
click on the Administrator account and click rename?
An a follow up question, is it best practice to have a separate account
that is a member of domain administrators or use the same. For example,
my day to day account jjesse would not be a domain admin but then have a
domain admin account jjadmin or something like that I would use to work
on administrating my network? Hopefully that makes sense
Jonathan Jesse
Network Specialist
Founders Trust Personal Bank
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[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sullivan, Glenn
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 11:16 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Changing Domain Administrator account name
If you just want to rename the administrator account, go ahead.
As a matter of fact, I highly recommend renaming the admin account,
disabling it, and then creating a new account called "Administrator"
with no rights.
Since the SID-1 account (the administrator) cannot be locked out, no
matter how many times someone tries to brute force it, it is critical
that you rename this account to something else.
And then the dummy account is a way of phishing for crackers... monitor
it for lockout/failures, and you will be on the right track.
Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.
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From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Jesse
Posted At: Friday, August 20, 2004 10:58 AM
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Conversation: [windows2000] Changing Domain Administrator account name
Subject: [windows2000] Changing Domain Administrator account name
Was recently asked by my boss to look into changing the domain
administrator account from administrator to something else. Could
someone point me to some documentation, haven't found any so far on
Microsoft's site, but I'm just starting
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan Jesse
Network Specialist
Founders Trust Personal Bank
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