Rick -- that's what I thought but I am here to tell you the built in administrator account can ABSOLUTELY become locked out.
I see it all the time. One of our smaller separate networks (built in) Administrator account gets locked out all the time. It's actually pretty weird and I've been working for a while now trying to figure out WHY this is happening. Craig -----Original Message----- From: Rick Kingslan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 8:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Admin Account Trouble Craig, Can't happen - the Administrator account can't be locked out. Which, if you think about it is the reason that it's attacked over any other potential admin equivalent account. If the account 'Rick' is an admin equiv but has a lockout of 3 attempts, I may as well go after the Administrator who won't lockout even though I'm going after it with a full onslaught brute force dictionary attack with my mongo dictionary with all possible replacement text. By open of business Monday the administrator account has taken on millions of password attempts. Yeah, it's kind of a small problem. Rick Kingslan - Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000] Microsoft Certified Trainer MCSA, MCSE+I - Windows NT / 2000 "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." --- Arthur C. Clarke > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Craig Cerino > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Admin Account Trouble > > > I REALLY don't mean to be insulting -- but is it locked out? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Payne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Admin Account Trouble > > Hello Everyone, > > My administrator account (Windows 2000 server) can not access > the group policies for the Domain\ Domain Controller. I can > not install software nor does the hardware wizard respond. > Any ideas or suggestions? I would appreciate any advice. > > Thanks in advance, > > > Mike > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : > http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
