Chapter 2. Account Data Class

Table of Contents

Introduction
Account Data Class Attributes
Account Data Details

Introduction

The Account data class provides data about all system (user) accounts defined on the local system. On some systems, such as Unix/Linux based systems which have NIS/NIS+ configured, accounts may be reported which are managed by a central database of accounts. The Account class is not intended to report all accounts defined in server based databases like Active Directory, NIS/NIS+, and LDAP.

On Windows based systems, Active Directory accounts are explicitly not reported since those accounts are not defined exclusively on the local system being scanned.