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Re: strange account in Win2k


From: Dan Cuthbert <dcuthbert () idsec co uk>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 17:59:25 +0100

Is this machine part of a Domain? if so that is normally the domain acc



* Mark Fagan (Mark.Fagan () esat com) Tapped away:
While setting additional privileges on a Win2k webserver  I noticed that
certain privileges (logon as batch job, act as part of o/s, logon locally
and network) were applied to a very strange account -
*S-1-5-21-527237240-162531612-725345543-1008 which is not seen as a user
account. Any ideas folks ?

              Mark Fagan
              TDA
              Esat Business
              1 Grand Canal Quay
              Dublin 2, Ireland.
              E mark.fagan () esat com
              www.esatbusiness.com





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Dan Cuthbert
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