Report excessive number of accounts (Windows)

Module: Account Integrity

Supported Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP

This check reports a problem if more than the specified number of accounts exists on the system. This check is for systems such as web servers where an excessive number of accounts can be a security risk. Limit the number of accounts on these systems to the minimum required to accomplish system purposes.

The following table lists the error message for the check.

Table: Error message for Report excessive number of accounts

Message String ID and Category	Platform and Message Numeric ID	Message Title and Description	Additional Information
String ID: ESM_TOO_MANY_ACCOUNTS Category: Policy Compliance	Windows 2000 (105913) Windows 2003 (205913) Windows 2008 (248913) Windows Vista (228910) Windows XP (200910)	Title: Too many accounts Description:The number of accounts on this system does not comply with your policy. Restrict the number of accounts on web servers and other systems where an excessive number of accounts can be a security risk.	Severity: yellow-1 Correctable: false Snapshot Updatable: false Template Updatable: false Information Field Format: [Num user accounts: %s]

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: ESM_TOO_MANY_ACCOUNTS

Category: Policy Compliance

Windows 2000 (105913)
Windows 2003 (205913)
Windows 2008 (248913)
Windows Vista (228910)
Windows XP (200910)

Title: Too many accounts

Description:The number of accounts on this system does not comply with your policy. Restrict the number of accounts on web servers and other systems where an excessive number of accounts can be a security risk.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [Num user accounts: %s]