I have always renamed the default Administrator account on
every system build I have performed for security reasons. I did the same on the domain but was then scolded by a more
experienced AD Administrator. The reason given to me was because there are
parts of AD that authenticate or use the SID of the administrator account while
other areas may use the “Administrator” username explicitly. If I
were to rename the default Administrator account then those references that
call the username explicitly may fail. I am still new to AD so I took the above warning with
caution and therefore renamed the default user back to its original settings. I would appreciate anyone’s input on the above. I
would like to rename the Administrator account as part of best practices but if
it may cause problems then of course this would not be an option. However, I
have a hard time understanding why renaming the account could cause potential
problems. I would think that any reference to the Administrator account would
be made by the SID and if any call to the username itself was made, it would
access a database that was populated with the correct information as it was
changed. The only information I have about renaming the account is
above. Thank you all for your responses. Edwin |
- RE: [ActiveDir] Renaming the Administrator accoun... Edwin
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