Domain Login User

A better way monitoring user logons with lepide active directory auditor.

Domain login user. A domain user is one whose username and password are stored on a domain controller rather than the computer the user is logging into. The distinguished name of the user object in the directory and the format used by the local service control manager. A domain user account has two name formats that programmers must handle for various operations.

Pick from hundreds of domain name endings. Discover your perfect domain find the right name to help people find you. For more information and a code example that converts from one format to the other see converting domain account name formats.

Normally you don t need to use a local account on a domain joined computer in anyway because if you need a local admin rights to do something you can still use a domain admin account to do so. Here you can choose whether you want to log in under the domain account or using a local user select this computer. It shows you the answers to the who what when and where questions crucial for active directory auditing in one place and in a way that is.

The username you use in the login screen is from an account assigned from the domain not the local account on the local computer. When you log in as a domain user the computer asks the domain controller what privileges are assigned to you. The following image shows the user logon event in a domain through the easy to use interface of lepide active directory auditor part of lepide data security platform.

Use our search and suggestion tools. A domain based network provides centralized administration of an entire network from a single computer called a server. After the computer is joined to the active directory domain you can sign in under the domain or local user account.

On the login screen in windows xp and windows server 2003 there is a drop down list log on to.