attribute type Microsoft
1.2.840.113556.1.4.221
sAMAccountName
also known as SAM-Account-Name
The pre-Windows-2000 logon name, and still the account name most things authenticate with. Unique within the domain, capped at 20 characters, and the value people mean when they say username. Machine accounts carry one too, ending in a dollar sign.
- OID
1.2.840.113556.1.4.221- Name
- sAMAccountName
- Aliases
- SAM-Account-Name
- Kind
- attribute type
- Arcwho allocated the number
- Microsoft 1.2.840.113556
Schema
- Syntax
- String(Unicode)
- Single-valued
- yes
Definition
attributetype ( 1.2.840.113556.1.4.221 NAME 'sAMAccountName' SYNTAX '1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15' SINGLE-VALUE )See also
Appears in: OpenLDAP msuser.schema, Active Directory schema. Primary source. Spotted an error? Tell me.