Re: AD users "disappearing"

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From: "Glenn L" <the.only(delete)@gmail dot com>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 23:36:44 -0700

You may want to turn up account management auditing and directory access
auditing to find out who is responsible.
Users don't just disappear out of AD.

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Glenn L
CCNA, MCSE 2000/2003 + Security

"Marc Hoffman" <mhoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:BEA13FC6.AEB7%mhoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> We are running a mixed environment of Windows Server 2000 and Windows
> Server
> 2003 machines in our Active Directory environment. On two separate
> occasions
> now, we have had users just "disappear" out of the Active Directory. One
> day
> they can log in, the next day they can't; the user is completely gone in
> Active Directory Users and Computers.
>
> Is this a known issue? Is there a fix?
>
> Thanks!
>
>

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