On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 08:43, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you guys have any servers that automatically log into the console session > at boot-up? We have a phone reporting server (Win2K Server) with old > software that won’t run unless someone is logged in at the console. I’d like > to make it auto-login with a local (non-domain) account but I want to keep > myself and the security team satisfied that I’m not creating an undue > security risk. > > > > Anyone have a similar situation, and if so how do you handle it?
I hunt down the vendor and threaten them with death - at least I dream about that. Autologons put the password in clear text in the registry. If you're careful, you'll turn off remote registry access, ensure the local account isn't an administrator on the box, and take the box out of the domain. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
