We do more than simply rename the account, we re-create the local "Administrator" account with no rights or group membership. The question was does anyone change the real local admin account password with any frequency.
Dave "I don't make the rules, I just question them" Lum - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Network Specialist - Textron Financial 503-675-5510 -----Original Message----- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 09:18 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: local admin account policy Why would you waste cycles renaming the account? Anyone who is going to try is going to be able to obviate that measure in about 1.2 seconds. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Lum, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 12:17 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: local admin account policy > > > What do you guys use for a policy on the local administrator > account for NT4 > / W2K boxes? Renaming the account is a given, but do you change that > password on occasion? With a few hundred boxes I could see > this becoming an > issue even if the password change is scripted. > > Dave Lum - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sr. Network Specialist - Textron Financial > 503-675-5510 > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
