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User accounts control access to shared resources. On a server,
user accounts specify which users have access to shared resources.
In a Windows NT Advanced Server or LAN Manager domain, user accounts
specify which users can log on. Your account on a server includes your username and the password
you must supply to gain access to the server's resources.
If the password you supply when you log on matches the password
in a server's account, you can use the server's
resources. Otherwise, you must supply a password when connecting
to a resource to gain access. Note that having an account on a server
does not guarantee access to all of its resources. Your administrator
can control access to each resource on a server by setting permissions
for every user individually. In a Windows NT Advanced Server or LAN Manager domain, your
account includes the username and password that you must supply
to log on to that domain, your full name, a comment about you, and
a record of the hours during which you can log on. When you log
on in a domain, the domain controller or a logon server verifies
that the username and password you supply match those in your existing
user account. In Windows NT Advanced Server domains, there are trust relationships
between domains. Trust relationships let you access other domains
even though you only have an account in one domain. Viewing Information About User Accounts | |
If your workstation participates in a LAN Manager logon domain,
you can view your username, account privileges, date of last logon,
and logon times, among other information, as they are listed in
your user account. To view information about your user account To view information about your account in the logon domain,
set the current focus on your workstation. To view information about
your account at a server, set the current focus on that server. From the Accounts menu, choose Your account. The View Your Account at \\computername
dialog box appears. If the current focus is set on your workstation, the computername
displayed in the title of the dialog box is that of the LAN Manager
primary domain controller or Windows NT Advanced Server domain controller.
If the current focus is set on a server, the computername displayed
in the title of the dialog box is that of the server. You can enter a comment about yourself that others on a LAN
Manager network can read, such as your office location or phone
extension, in the User Comment text box. If you are logged on to
a LAN Manager domain, this comment appears after your name in the
Information on User username dialog box under the Users on a server
or Users on a domain command in the View menu. It also appears when
you type the net who username command from the command line. The
User comment field can have as many as 48 characters. The Users
on a server, Users on a domain and net who commands do not give
information about Windows NT Advanced Server users or domains. The Country code number specifies the language in which servers
display messages. For more information about country codes, see
Appendix A, "Country Codes." Except for the User comment and Country code text boxes, you
cannot change the information in this dialog box. Choose the Logon times button. The Hours You May Log Onto Server \\computername
dialog box appears. The Hours You May Log Onto Server \\computername
dialog box displays the times during which you can use the server's
resources. Your administrator determines these times. You cannot
edit any of the fields in this dialog box. Choose the Done button. Choose the OK button.
Changing Your Password | |
You sometimes have to change the password for your account--for
example, when your password is about to expire. If your account
information is kept on a LAN Manager server, LAN Manager alerts
you when you need to change your password. See your administrator if you forget your password. If your account information is kept on a LAN Manager server,
several weeks before your password expires, you will be notified
when you log on that you need to change your password. It is strongly
recommended that you change the password during a network session
before the day the password expires. If you have not changed the password by the expiration date,
you will be required to change the password in order to log on.
You may then experience a delay before you are able to make network
connections. (In later sessions, you will be able to make network
connections as usual.) To change your password To change your password in your logon domain account, set
the current focus on your workstation. To change your password on
a server, set the current focus on that server. From the Accounts menu, choose Change Your Password. The Change Password at \\computername dialog
box appears. In the Old password box, type your current password. In the New password box, type a new password. Choose the OK button.
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