Types of Accounts and their Uses
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These accounts are intended for use to access such things as wikis, file shares , and research computing. They are created and maintained in the OU Generic in Active Directory and in the People OU for 389.
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| Type of Account | Used to gain Privileged Access | Password Storage | Password | Used to authenticate a service or application for Directory Services |
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| NetID Account | No | User's discretion to keep the password private and secure | Personal | No |
| Administrative Account | Yes | Enterprise Password Management solution | Personal | No |
| Vendor Account | No | User's discretion to keep the password private and secure | Personal | No |
| Privileged Vendor Account | Yes | Enterprise Password Management solution | Personal | No |
| Service Account | Yes | Enterprise Password Management solution | non-Personal | Yes |
| Departmental Account | No | User's discretion to keep the password private and secure | non-Personal | No |
| Generic Account | No | User's discretion to keep the password private and secure | Personal | No |
| Event Access Account | No | User's discretion to keep the password private and secure | non-Personal | No |
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