[Samba] AD DC Computer name and samaccountname

[Rowland Penny]

On 03/03/14 19:40, Chan Min Wai wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Need some advise.
>
> Did the samaccountname in AD DC have a "$" behind?
>
> As I see all of my win7/winxp record had it.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thank you
I think what you mean is 'why do all my computer samaccountnames have a 
$ sign at the end'. If so, then it is to tell them from a user, see here:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/eec574c0-5421-4d7a-a806-a3c5af3d29bf/why-in-samaccount-name-of-computer-account-in-active-directory?forum=winserverDS

Rowland