Relative ID

Relative ID

In the context of the Microsoft Windows NT line of computer operating systems, the relative identifier (RID) Is a variable length number that is assigned to objects at creation and becomes part of the object's security identifier. Security Identifier (SID) that uniquely identifies an account or group within a domain. The Relative ID Master allocates security RIDs to DCs to assign to new AD security principals (users, groups or computer objects). It also manages objects moving between domains.

The Relative ID Master is one role of the Flexible single master operation for assigning RID.

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