You must have lots of duplicate name issues. -- ME2
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Ames Matthew B <mba...@qinetiq.com> wrote: > We do: > > <letter1><letter2>-<username> > > Where: > letter1 = domain the machine sits in > letter2 = d for desktop, l for laptop > username = my logon name. > > Each machine is assigned to a member of staff and when they leave the > machine is rebuild before assigning to someone else. If I had multiple > machines, we add a -1, -2, -3, etc onto the end of the string. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] > *Sent:* 15 November 2010 16:53 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Workstation names and who it belongs to > > How do you guys handle matching users to machines? We currently have a PC > naming standard of <firstinitial><lastname>-<model> but this obviously > doesn’t scale. One possibility is putting the user name in the description > field in AD (I do this for %sidejob%), but I was wondering if there was a > better way to automatically get a machine <->user lookup. > > > > How do you guys handle it? > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not > the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based > upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender > if you believe you have received this email in error. QinetiQ may monitor > email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of > security. QinetiQ Limited (Registered in England & Wales: Company Number: > 3796233) Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD > http://www.qinetiq.com <http://www.QinetiQ.com> <http://www.QinetiQ.com> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
