What name does Windows XP Pro use when it accesses a shared folder on a
Freebsd/SAMBA file server? Is it the XP's local original account name, a
changed account name, the computer name or something else?
I'm using an Intel Network Attached Storage appliance that runs FreeBSD with
SAMBA. For more info, see
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/ib072099.htm and
http://www.intel.com/support/inbusiness/storagestation/. This is used simply as
a file server in a small office. I had given a user permission to access a
certain folder on this Intel Freebsd server and the user was able to access it
just fine. We replaced the user's Windows XP Pro computer with a new Windows
XP Pro computer. I changed the user's account name on new computer to match
the user's account name on the old computer. The user on the new computer
could not access the folder. After several attempts, I finally deleted the XP
user account and created a new user account with the same name and we were able
to access the folder on the Intel Freebsd server just fine. Apparently the
changed XP user name was not the name that Xp was using to log onto the server
to access the share. Is that correct behavior for an XP work station accessing a
Freebsd server? If so, is this different from logging into a Windows server?
Is there a way to make XP log on to a share with a changed user's name or is
it necessary to create a new user account?
Thanks,
Steve Smith
