Near as I can tell, there's nothing special about the Demo account, and I agree that it should probably be deleted so long as you have other administrative accounts. I've heard of 3rd party installers assuming the account exists and that the password is blank, but that someone would package something with that type of dependency just sounds stupid to me. Worst case, if you did come across a scenario like that (and you shouldn't with BMC's installers), you can simply temporarily recreate the account and remove it again when done.
My philosophy is that regular administrative users should log in as themselves and have Administrator permissions. On top of that, I think there should also be at least one "system" account analogous to the Demo account (but not Demo), just in case your regular users have issues (like if you're authenticating with LDAP and LDAP is having issues). Lyle -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nguyen, AnhThien Mr CTR NG NGB ARNG Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 2:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Deleting Demo account (UNCLASSIFIED) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO Hello list, I hope this is a simple question, but somehow, it's giving me a heartache. I was asked since we don't use the Demo account for anything, could we delete the Demo account? My first response was just to leave it, however, security came in place and told that I will probably need to delete it. Default username generated by any system shouldn't be used at all. So, my question is: what impact would I have once I've deleted the Demo account? I have done this on my test server and it seems to be ok so far. Just thought I ask the list. Btw, I have several other accounts which I've created that have administrator permissions. Thanks in advance, Thien Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
