What could be the reason for the NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE doesn't appear to me in english ? I was having some issues while running some powershell scripts that was searching by the english name. I was only able to find out by the sid. I'm having some problems installing some certificates and I believe that is the reason.
$objSID = New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier ("S-1-5-20") $objSID
$objUser = $objSID.Translate( [System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]) $objUser.Value
this returns to me NT AUTHORITY\Serviço de rede (network service in Portuguese)
How can I change that to English ? Thanks in advance,
Manuel
The NETWORK_SERVICE account name is localized using OS settings. You can change it by changing Windows to use English localization settings.
This account is not recognized by the security subsystem, so you cannot specify its name in a call to the LookupAccountName function.
Your solution, lookup by SID, is the way to go.