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title: Discover New Users
slug: kronpam-reference-guide-3-8-0/discover-new-users
description: Improve system security and prevent unauthorized access with Kron PAM's user checking feature. Identify and manage new local, database, and LDAP users on Active Directory to eliminate potential backdoors. Stay in control by receiving notifications and tak
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createdAt: 2022-07-29T12:57:22.000Z
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Kron PAM can check for new local users on target systems, databases, and Active Directory. If there is a local user created on the target system, other than a Kron PAM Password Vault account, this could create a backdoor to the system - anybody can log in to the system using this new local user and the session would not run under Kron PAM's supervision. In addition, the local user groups these local accounts on the system belong to are also displayed.


To prevent issues related to unknown new users, Kron PAM checks for new local users created on the target device and notifies the admin if any are detected. The admin can then take manual action, like deleting the user from the system or adding the user to Kron PAM’s Password Vault.
To do this:

1. Navigate to **Secrets > Vault.**
2. Search for a user on the** Advanced Search Field.**
3. After the accounts are listed, click the** Options** button for one of the accounts.
4. Select **Check New Accounts** from the menu.

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Password Vault will check the users and a pop-up window will inform the user about the process. After that, the new user list can be viewed. 

To check for new users:

1. Open the **Newly Discovered Users** tab from** Audit.**
2. Fill in the fields used to filter the search.
3. Click **Search.**