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Windows Security Basics: User Accounts
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Computer security is of vital importance and knowledge of user accounts in Windows is fundemantal part of it. And many times, it is neglected. This book aims to fill a gap in the security and provides fundemental info about users, in both local user database and in domain database. You will see what a local user database is, its relation to the domain database, administrative groups in both databases. You will also see how to manipulate user accounts using classical commands and Powershell commands.
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Windows Security Basics - Murat Yildirimoglu
Windows Security Basics:
User Accounts
By Murat Yildirimoglu
Copyright 2021 Murat Yildirimoglu
User accounts and databases are generally ignored when it comes it security. But it is vital to understand user accounts and databases from the security point of view.
Security is mainly about users: User definitions, user rights, permissions all mean security.
Because security is mainly about users, the number one requirement for a secure system is entering a valid username and password in order to use a computer system.
Windows 95-98-Me operating systems were not secure because entering a username and password was not compulsory on the logon screen; you could juts press the Cancel key on the logon screen and voila, you were in.
On the other hand, in NT series operating systems (NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 2012, 8, 10, 2016,2019) you can press Cancel on the logon screen but when you do so, you cannot enter into to the system.
Local User Database
If NT series operating systems make it a requirement to enter a valid username-password then there must be a user database where those valid username-password info is stored. So, all NT series have a local bir user database. The name of the local user database is SAM (Security Accounts Manager) and it is stored in a file named again SAM. SAM
file resides under \Windows\System32\Config folder and it is a very small