what a fine english statement "the astute will understand why"... ;-)
had to get a dictionary to understand that one - but I can always say I'm German for an excuse ;-)) agree on what you're getting at and that was my original order when I wanted to reply - then I read Mayuresh's post again: from this, their current samaccountname seems to be firstname_lastname, and now they're looking for an alias for a shorter version... So Mayuresh - as pointed out, it would obviously be best to rename the samAccountName of all your existing account to the short-name and then use the long-name for the UPN. Adds a good amount of work, but may be the better end-result. Cheers, Guido -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Freitag, 15. April 2005 00:36 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] User Alias Authentication in AD I agree with Guido but would flip it around and make the short name the sAMAccountName... Domain\mkshirsa And [EMAIL PROTECTED] The astute will understand why.... joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grillenmeier, Guido Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 7:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] User Alias Authentication in AD Jorge is correct that you can't create aliases to security principals in AD, however, you do have two logon names, which may be sufficient for your requirement: you can use the samAccountName (pre-Win2000 User logon name) => mayuresh_kshirsagar or the UserPrincipalName (User logon name) => [EMAIL PROTECTED] [or whatever suffix you configure] It will likely depend on what your application allows you to do (some do require the Domain\samAccountName format because they've hardcoded this in their logon screens...) /Guido -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorge de Almeida Pinto Sent: Donnerstag, 14. April 2005 13:13 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] User Alias Authentication in AD In AD it is not possible to create aliases to security principals (i.e. user accounts) Why do you need separate names? Jorge -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: donderdag 14 april 2005 12:26 To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] User Alias Authentication in AD Hi Experts, I am looking out for a possibility where if I have a user: username: mayuresh_kshirsagar password: <somepassword> I want to create an alias of this user entry say username: mkshirsa password: <sameasabove> where I can login using any of the above two usernames. Is this a possibility? Regards, Mayuresh. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
