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-A '''''server account''''' is a type of user access to YSTV computer systems. It is required in order to do certain things on the system. In brief: if you have a <code>firstname.lastname@ystv.co.uk</code> email address, you have a server account.
+A '''''domain account''''' (sometimes called a '''''server account''''') is a type of user access to YSTV computer systems. It is required in order to do certain things on the system. In brief: if you have a <code>firstname.lastname@ystv.co.uk</code> email address, you have a domain account.
 == Technical details ==
-A 'server account' is our own esoteric name for an account in [[Active Directory]] (a Windows domain account), which by its nature has a [[home directory]] (in <code>\home</code> on [[ystvweb]]) and an [[email]] mailbox with a <code>firstname.lastname@ystv.co.uk</code> email address, and can be used to log on to the Windows PCs and SSH into the Linux servers. The term is used to differentiate these domain accounts from [[website account]]s, which have the same username as the user's IT Services network account and only exist in the website database. When logging into the website, a user's server account aliases to their website account - so either may be used.
+A domain account lives in [[w:Active Directory|Active Directory]], and has a [[w:home directory|home directory]] (in <code>\home</code> on [[ystvweb]]) and an [[email]] mailbox with a <code>firstname.lastname@ystv.co.uk</code> email address attached, and can be used to log on to the [[Computing:Station PCs#Control Room PCs|Windows PCs]] and [[w:Secure Shell|SSH]] into the Linux servers. The term is used to differentiate these domain accounts from [[website account]]s, which have the same username as the user's IT Services network account (e.g. ''abc500'') and only exist in the website [[database]]. When logging into the website, a user's server account aliases to their website account - so either may be used.
-Server accounts are generally given to prolific/frequent/active members of YSTV at the discretion of the Computing Team, usually so that they can have an email address and home directory; but they also confer other benefits such as [[HowTo Add a file to user space on YSTV website|web space]].
+Domain accounts are generally given to prolific/frequent/active/computing members of YSTV at the discretion of the Computing Team, usually so that they can have an email address and home directory; but they also confer other benefits such as [[HowTo Add a file to user space on YSTV website|web space]].
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