Re: SID in Domain

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From: Derek Melber [MVP] (derekm_at_braincore.net)
Date: 02/20/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 23:05:28 -0700

No, the SID won't change. Computers, like users and groups, are considered
to be Security Principals. These are objects that can be placed on an ACL.
If the SID were to change, then the ACL would be totally messed up. 

-- 
Derek Melber
"Randip Roy Choudhury" <rranadip@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:12c0b01c3f773$b7742dd0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> When a computer joins to a domain, it gets an SID.
> Is the SID is going to change after a certain period of
> time, while the computer remains in that same domain?

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