Re: How do you tell who created a user account?

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From: CelticCustom (CelticCustom_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:39:01 -0800

The only way I was able to check the creator of the user logon is by checking
the "Owner" of the users folder that should be automatically created while
creating the actual user in AD.
Hope that helped.

"Herb Martin" wrote:

> "Doug Danco" <Doug Danco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:70739BAC-CFE2-485F-A433-B95F1FB217CF@microsoft.com...
> > We just noticed there were a couple of accounts in our Active Directory
> that
> > were created by someone else. Is there a way to figure out which userid
> > created these accounts???? Thanks
>
>
> I have never looked but there should be a "owner"
> on the accounts in AD as there is an Owner on the
> files people create.
>
> For the future, enable Account Management Auditing
> and make sure you review the logs on such actions.
>
> --
> Herb Martin
>
>
>
>

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