elfoozo

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Trying to retrieve the "fully qualified" name of a local user account on a Windows 2003 server. For example...

/O=Company/OU=Orlando/CN=Test/CN=EXCH1

Who knows how to pull this info? I need it for my backup software to run right.

Ryan

it's just like a domain user, except instead of the domain name, use the computer name

example:

computer name = "server"
user name = "user"

fully qualified local user name = "server\user"

the most common of course is "servername\administrator"

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elfoozo

I thought that would work too... & I tried a dozen variations on that theme before posting here... like:

DOMAIN\User_with_admin_perms

&

LOCALMACHINE\User_with_admin_perms

It kicked out my attempts so I made a new local admin user and was going to try the "real" qualified name they think they need....

Here's the crap-tastical blurb from the vendor and why I was trying to find the /o=Company/OU etc. etc.

<snip>
In order to back up and restore Exchange Server resources, you must use a Backup Exec logon account that stores the credentials of a user account that has local administrator rights on every Exchange server that you want to back up.

In order to back up and restore individual Exchange mailboxes and public folders, use Microsoft’s System Manager utility to grant the Exchange Administrator role to the user account at the Administrative Group level (for all Administrative Groups if there is more than one).

Additionally, Backup Exec must have access to a uniquely named mailbox within the Exchange organization. When selecting mailboxes or public folders for backup, Backup Exec will attempt to find a mailbox with the same name as the username stored in the Backup Exec logon account used to connect to the Exchange server. If you use a Backup Exec logon account that stores the credentials of a user account that is unique and has a corresponding mailbox of the same name, then you are not prompted for an additional logon account when selecting mailboxes or public folders. Otherwise, you must choose or create a Backup Exec logon account that stores the name of a unique mailbox within the Exchange organization.

A unique name is one that does not exist in the organization as a subset of characters in another mailbox name. For example, if EXCH1 has been entered as the mailbox name, and there are other mailbox names such as EXCH1BACKUP, or BACKUPEXCH1, then Backup Exec will not accept the name and you are prompted to choose another mailbox name. If you cannot create a unique mailbox name, you must create a Backup Exec logon account and enter the fully qualified name in the username field of the logon account. For example:

/O=Company/OU=Orlando/CN=Test/CN=EXCH1

</snip>

It seems like that with their security model, an organization with hundreds of users is never going to have unique names because everything would be a variation on the 26 letters of the alphabet.

DOMAIN\asmith
DOMAIN\bjohnson
DOMAIN\xavierroberts
DOMAIN\zelphiacarmichael