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Answered How can i create alias for existing user account in Active Directory

  • Monday, June 29, 2009 10:17 AM
     
     
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    I want to crete alias for few existing users.

    for example

    Existing user account                   Alias i want
    Bill.ireland                                  Bill

    And i want to login with bill instead of bill.ireland. How it possible. Your help would be appreciate.


     

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  • Monday, June 29, 2009 10:19 AM
     
     
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    Hello,

    in AD UC open the user account properties and choose the Account tab, here can you modify the user logon name.
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  • Monday, June 29, 2009 10:24 AM
     
     
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    Hi

    I don't want to edit the user logon name. Any other way?

    Thanks

     
  • Monday, June 29, 2009 10:24 AM
     
     
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    go to user properties in Ad, then go to account and change the user logon name.

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  • Monday, June 29, 2009 10:25 AM
     
     
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    Hello,

    that's the logon name, no other way.
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  • Monday, June 29, 2009 10:28 AM
     
     
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    Can't we give any other duplicate name without change login name in AD?

    Thanks
    Akther
     
  • Monday, June 29, 2009 10:43 AM
     
     
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    Hello,

    maybe you can describe in detail what you are trying to achive?
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  • Monday, June 29, 2009 10:54 AM
     
     
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    Hi

    I want to reduce the length of  login name for few users. Because these users want to authenticate to one unix application. It dosen't support more than 14 character lenght login name. So i just wonder any other way like alias can use in AD.

    Regards
     
  • Monday, June 29, 2009 11:05 AM
     
     
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    Hello,

    if that application belongs to the login name you can't do it. I had the same problem some time ago.
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  • Monday, June 29, 2009 11:21 AM
     
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    You should be able to accomplish this by setting the sAMAccountName (displayed as User logon name (pre-Windows 2000)) to Bill and keeping the longer format (i.e. Bill.ireland) as the prefix of the UPN (displayed as User logon name on the Account tab of user's Properties dialog box).
    Refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929272 for different options that can be used for domain logons...

    hth
    Marcin
     
  • Monday, June 29, 2009 11:31 AM
     
     
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    Hello Marcin,

    didn't thought about that option. Thanks for clearing this.
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  • Monday, June 29, 2009 11:39 AM
     
     
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    Thanks for the reply. Let me check the options.

    Regards
    Akther
     
  • Monday, June 29, 2009 11:42 AM
     
     
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    Thanks Marcin for clearing it.

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  • Monday, June 29, 2009 11:55 AM
     
     
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    Syed, Meinolf - certainly - I'm glad to be of assistance...

    best regards,
    Marcin