Shared Account and Named Account

An account which allows multiple users to access resources using a single set of credentials and can be used across any platform, network or database is called a Shared Account. Shared Accounts can either be a Privileged account or a Generic Non-Privileged Account.

Privileged accounts can be either Administrator/Root accounts (accounts created by administrator for privileged activities) or Default Accounts present on all systems built-in, which are by default shared accounts utilized by multiple admins to delegate and perform administrative action on the resource.

A Generic Non-Privileged Account is created at the infrastructure level for business users so that they can connect with the database or the server hardware and carry out the delegated tasks they are entitled to act on.