Re: user account created

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From: Joe Richards [MVP] (humorexpress_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:49:55 -0500

Unless the user was a domain admin and then the owner will show domain admins.

   joe 

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Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
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Doug Frisk wrote:
> "Gert Albertse" <gjja@sun.ac.za> wrote in message 
> news:efU3azdCFHA.2288@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> 
>>I need to know who created a specific user account in active directory.
> 
> 
> Assuming you don't have audit logs, you can look at the owner of the account 
> object.  By default the creator is the owner.  That will give you an idea 
> about which account was used to create the account.
> 
> *Assuming* the person who created the account didn't mess with the owner tag 
> to hid his/her tracks.
> 
>

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