That's a reasonable precaution, although personally I think that's overkill as well.
Roger ------------------------------------------------------ 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 12:36 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: local admin account policy > > > 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.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
