know more about user accounts

[Henri]

Hi I need to clean a server where too many administrator accounts are
present.
The problem is that some of these admins have been deleted but their files
and rights are still present.
Some other users seem to have changed their name after their "Document and
settings" file was created so I'm a bit lost.

I'm looking for an utility that could for a given user Id (the long ID
strings like S-1-5-21-1060284298-1659004503-682003420-1019) tell me what
names, files, rights, etc. are related to it.
And when I delete an user, I would like to delete all the files and regkeys
that where linked to it.

Can you help me?

Thanks

Henri

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Hi I need to clean a server where too many administrator accounts are
present.
The problem is that some of these admins have been deleted but their
files and rights are still present.

Where are you seeing this - what kinds of files, what kinds of rights?

Some other users seem to have changed their name after their
"Document and settings" file was created so I'm a bit lost.

It's still related to the account/SID - you can look in control panel |
system, user profiles section, to see what is still cached.

I'm looking for an utility that could for a given user Id (the long ID
strings like S-1-5-21-1060284298-1659004503-682003420-1019) tell me
what names, files, rights, etc. are related to it.
And when I delete an user, I would like to delete all the files and
regkeys that where linked to it.

Can you help me?

Thanks

Henri

Wouldn't it make more sense to determine who *needs* an account/profile on
the server, and merely delete all *other* user accounts/profiles? Seems like
it would take a lot less time. Don't know why you'd need any of the files
stored in the My Documents path, etc., nor why you need many administrator
accounts in general ...but I don't know your setup/needs, of course.

 

[Henri]

It's still related to the account/SID - you can look in control panel |
system, user profiles section, to see what is still cached.

Thanks that's just what I needed at the moment

I don't need many administrators. Actually, I want to get rid of all the
unecessary admin accounts someone who was managing this server before me
have created. That's why now I have to find which admin account is used (by
a program or a service, etc.) which is not. Then I'll move all these
programs or services to a single user account. At the end, I should remove
all these accounts to that only one single admin (default administrator
account) is remaining.

That's why I need to find if some ressource is linked to an admin account or
not, so that I'm sure I can delete the account without risk.

Henri





"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Thanks that's just what I needed at the moment

I don't need many administrators. Actually, I want to get rid of all
the unecessary admin accounts someone who was managing this server
before me have created. That's why now I have to find which admin
account is used (by a program or a service, etc.) which is not. Then
I'll move all these programs or services to a single user account. At
the end, I should remove all these accounts to that only one single
admin (default administrator account) is remaining.

That's why I need to find if some ressource is linked to an admin
account or not, so that I'm sure I can delete the account without
risk.

Check scheduled tasks & custom/3rd party services.
Change the passwords temporarily on the accounts you think are unneeded.
Wait and see what errors you get.

That's what I'd do...

Henri





"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

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Where are you seeing this - what kinds of files, what kinds of
rights?


It's still related to the account/SID - you can look in control
panel | system, user profiles section, to see what is still cached.

Wouldn't it make more sense to determine who *needs* an
account/profile on the server, and merely delete all *other* user
accounts/profiles? Seems like it would take a lot less time. Don't
know why you'd need any of the files stored in the My Documents
path, etc., nor why you need many administrator accounts in general
...but I don't know your setup/needs, of course.