Novell/Windows Username login

[ScubaStevo]

Hi

I login with my novell username and password it changes the windows username to the novell username which are different. I user Novell Client 4.90 SP2 and XP Pro, how do I change this so the windows username never changes?

Thanks

Steve

 

[bcastner]

This terrific Tek-Tip Forum member wrote this Novell TID called modestly in its original form: "The Ultimate Guide to Novell Logons" :

http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10052847.htm

 

[bcastner]

There is a direct path to the issue.

1. Start, Run, regedit
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

Create a new string value, or modify the existing value, called "DontDisplayLastUserName" and set it to "1"

2. In the alternative: Open a notepad session to be call no_last.reg and copy/paste the below:

***** copy/paste below this line
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DontDisplayLastUserName"="1"

******* end copy/paste above this line

Include in the logon script for users:

regedit /s no_last.reg

 

[Rick998]

ScubaStevo,

We have the same situation and configure our XP Pro SP1 workstations to login to XP first automatically before displaying the Novell logon prompt. To save using Regedit, we...

1) Use Microsoft's 'TweakUI Powertoy for Windows XP'.

2) Configure TweakUI's 'AutoLogon' to 'Log on automatically at system startup'. (Make sure the XP account you log on with does have a password.)

3) Close TweakUI and open the 'Properties' of the Novell Client. On the 'Advanced Login' tab:
- Change 'Initial Novell Login' to 'Off'.
- Change 'NMAS Authentication' to 'Off'.

(Even if you did a Custom install of the Novell Client and de-selected NMAS and NICI, we've found the setting for NMAS authentication still defaults to 'On'.)

(PS - If you're getting errors saving MS Office files, especially Excel, to the Novell server then, on the Advanced Settings' tab:
- Change File Caching to Off.
- Change File Commit to On.)

4) Close the Novell Client's 'Properties. You'll be prompted to re-boot.

5) Put a shortcut to the 'Novell login' in the Windows Startup folder.

Hope this helps...

Rick

 

[ScubaStevo]

bcastner, I modified the DontDisplayLastUserName to display "1" and that now leaves the username for Novell and Windows blank, and when I leave it as "0" it still remembers the Novell username as the Windows username which is incorrect and needs to be changed on each login.
the alternative does much the same.

Rick998, where do I find the TweakUI Powertoy for Windows XP??

 

[bcastner]

ScubaStevo:

TweakUI:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

As to the question as to the username never changes, please see my first link as it is very Netware Client specific.

My subsequent registry edit does everything you asked. It might do every you want.

 

[aquias]

Okay, first things first that article Bill pointed you to is right on. I've used it several times in my environment. That is, until I found a different method for this...unfortunately my systems all tied up so no linkie...but here's how it works.

-Go to Novell Client Properties
-Location profiles
-Highlight the default profile (that's all we use at this location)
-Hit properties
-On this menu, hit properties again
-Clear the username on the Credentials tab
-Clear the username on the Windows tab
-Press Okay till all the windows are closed.

What this does, is it removes the stored default windows and Novell usernames. You could also use this method to force Windows to pull a specific username as well (Under the Windows tab add whomever you want).

Once you run through this process both the Novell and Windows Username fields are blanked at each log on. Therefore, if your Novell log on is the same as a local machine log on (including password) you only get prompted once and then you're in (no second Windows Log on after the Novell).

I've got this running on several machines and it works great. I'll post the link when my machine is done with its data import so you can read the entire article

 

[ScubaStevo]

Thanks that was just what I was after

 

[pjcarmen]

You might want to look at this little utility. Basically it will set all of the regiatry settings for you. All you have to do is enter the machine name, the windows username, and password you want to use.

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/1617.html

Hope it help, I use it all the time.

-P

^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^
~Paul~
TechMonkey

 

[aquias]

This is the linkage

http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10057660.htm