localsystem and NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM account the same?
I am writing a SQL Server job, and it needs a owner account. I am using SQL Server 2008 Enterprise. I entered "localsystem" then use Check Names function to let system automatically verifies the account I entered is correct.
After check name returns, the account becomes NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. My question is, whether account localsystem and NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM are the same? I am using Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise as the host OS.
thanks in advance, George
Solution 1:
Yes, they are the same.