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User Account and User Manager Hacker Definition
An operating system data object containing information identifying a user to operating systems. A user account, for example, has the user’s name and password, the user account’s group memberships, and the user’s rights and permissions for accessing the system and its resources.

A user manager is an operating system utility enabling those having administrative privileges to define user accounts and relevant privileges and to change them when necessary.

See Also: Authentication; Password.

Symantec Security Response. Glossary. [Online, July 15, 2004.] Symantec Security Response Website. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/refa.html.

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