Is domain the same as username?
I may get corrected on this, but there’s not really much of a difference. Domain\User is the “old” logon format, called down-level logon name. Also known by the names SAMAccountName and pre-Windows 2000 logon name.
What is domain and username?
USERNAME is the name of the Windows user currently logged in. USERDOMAIN is the domain of the Windows user.
What is the difference between domain user and local user?
Local accounts are stored on computers and only apply to the security of those machines. Domain accounts are stored in Active Directory, and security settings for the account can apply to accessing resources and services across the network.
How do I write my domain username?
To log on to this computer using an account from a domain other than the default domain, include the domain name in the user name box using this syntax: domainsername. To log on to this computer using a local user account, precede your local user name with a period and backslash, like this: . sername.
What happens when you have the same username in different domains?
AD Auth works like a champ for almost all our users. We have isolated the problem to being when we have the same username in different domains. At that point both users get Login denied . Example: Jim Smith is DomA\\JSmith and Judy Smith is DomB\\JSmith .
Is there an alias for user @ otherdomain.com?
For example, if you already have [email protected] and domain.com is the default domain, Adding [email protected] will throw this error because it’s trying to create an alias to [email protected]. Thanks for your feedback! Simplest way around this is to initially create the shared mailbox with a different alias e.g. [email protected].
What’s the difference between domain \\ user and UPN?
Domain\\User is the “old” logon format, called down-level logon name. Also known by the names SAMAccountName and pre-Windows 2000 logon name. [email protected] is a UPN – User Principal Name. It’s the “preferred”, newer logon format.
Can a user have the same value for CN?
Two users can have the same value for cn if their objects are in different OU/containers. The sAMAccountName (also called the “pre-Windows 2000 logon” name, or what many people call the username or userid) must be unique in the domain.