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Re: Don't Display Last Username??
From: "Abreu, Jose A" <jaabreu () MIAMI EDU>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:03:01 -0400
You hide the user name by defining a security policy setting. You can define the setting locally or inherit the setting through the domain security policy. If the policy is defined at both locations, the domain policy takes precedence and overrides the local policy. Here's how: 1) Open the Administrative Tools folder in the Control Panel and then open the Local Security Policy object. 2) Expand the Local Policies/Security Options branch. 3) Double-click the setting Do Not Display Last User Name In Logon Screen. 4) Click Enabled, then click OK and close the Local Security Settings console. The change will take effect at the next logon. ________________________________________ From: Matthew Keller [kellermg () POTSDAM EDU] Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 6:15 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Don't Display Last Username?? We do this for the simple reason of reducing user confusion when sitting down at a [public] computer and having to backspace-out the existing username, or trying 3 times with THEIR password and inadvertently locking out the other person's account. On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 13:24 -0500, Gibson, Nathan J. (HSC) wrote:
Can I ask how many organization prohibit displaying the username of the last user on a computer at the login screen? What are your specific justifications for this?
-- Matthew Keller Information Security Officer & Network Administrator Computing & Technology Services State University of New York @ Potsdam Potsdam, NY, USA http://mattwork.potsdam.edu/
Current thread:
- Don't Display Last Username?? Gibson, Nathan J. (HSC) (Oct 11)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Don't Display Last Username?? Rizzo, Jim (Oct 11)
- Re: Don't Display Last Username?? Jarrod Millman (Oct 11)
- Re: Don't Display Last Username?? Gregg, Christopher S. (Oct 11)
- Re: Don't Display Last Username?? Gary Dobbins (Oct 11)
- Re: Don't Display Last Username?? Cal Frye (Oct 11)
- Re: Don't Display Last Username?? Dennis Tracz (Oct 11)
- Re: Don't Display Last Username?? Eric Case (Oct 11)
- Re: Don't Display Last Username?? Matthew Keller (Oct 12)
- Re: Don't Display Last Username?? Abreu, Jose A (Oct 12)