I would say that it's not an issue. I *do* isolate all service and privileged accounts in a separate top-level OU, however, as I believe that it makes them easier to manage.
Kurt On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 14:28, Christopher Bodnar <[email protected]> wrote: > Wanted to see what others thoughts on this issue are. > > So SamAccountName is limited to 20 characters and UPN is limited to 64. In > our environment the standard is to have both be the same (i.e. ) > > jdoe > [email protected] > > I've found a few accounts that don't follow this convention (i.e. ) > > jdoe > [email protected] > > All of these are service accounts and are not used to logon interactively. > As far as I know there are no current issues with these accounts. Just > wondering if anyone is monitoring this sort of thing for compliance and > going back and modifying them so they adhere to the company standard naming > convention. For us it is a very small number (~50). Is it worth the effort? > > Thanks > > > Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP > Technical Support III > Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services > Guardian Life Insurance Company of America > Email: [email protected] > Phone: 610-807-6459 > Fax: 610-807-6003 ----------------------------------------- This message, > and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, > confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any > use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and > any attachments. Thank you. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
