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From: keith@actual-systems.com (crymble)
Subject: Re: Question on connect Win XP-prof. to Visionfs 3.00.925
Date: 29 Jan 2003 05:56:20 -0800
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Just been testing this on one of our machines - and here are my
findings.....
(oh BTW we are on visionfs 3.10.905 )

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Hello all,
    As we all know Mr Bill Gates has put some strange things into
windows XP which are causing us some problems. So here is a bit of
info on how to work round some of these problems.
 
** Changing Usernames **
When you change a username in XP this does not actually change the
name which the machine logs into the Unix server. So really all that
is changed is the display name in XP, not the underlying username.
So if you do need to change a username don't do it the normal way
through control panel then User Accounts. Instead do the following.
 
Log in as an Admin user on the XP machine - don't worry, you can
change anyone's username.
Start > Settings > Control panel > Performance and Maintenance >
Administration tools > Computer Management > Local user and groups >
Users > Right click on user you wish to change > rename > Put in the
new username.
 
If you also want to update the password then do this the normal way
through Control Panel > User Accounts
 
** Server login name **
Say the user already has a username they want to keep on their XP
machine. I'll use the example of someone who logs in to his machine as
'John Smith' If he now tries to access any of the Unix shares,
Visionfs will see him as logging is as a guest user and he will not be
able to access everything.
 
What you need to do is tell the XP machine that when it logs onto a
particular server to use a certain username. You do this by.
 
Start > Settings > Control Panel > User Accounts > Select the account
> Manage my network passwords > Add (or modify if there is already
one) > server 'servername' > username  'servername\user' > password
'visionfs password for user' > OK > Log off windows > Log back on
again.
 
Now every time you try to access a network share on 'servername' XP
will use the username specified and normal access should be restored.
 
Note: To change this you need to be logged in as the user in question.
Note: If you get asked if you want to update domain password then say
No.
 
 
Hope this explains a couple of things which should make our lives a
bit easier.
 
Keith
 

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