Randy Kramer wrote: > Jose M. Sanchez wrote: > > From your Linux box try typing
> > "smbclient -L SAMBABOX -U WINDOWSUSER" > > Where "Sambabox" is the Netbios name of your Samba machine as specified > > in the smb.conf. > Aside: Isn't "Sambabox" the Netbios name of the Windows machine in this > case? The Sambabox that smbclient is trying to connect to is the > Windows box where WINDOWUSER exists? > Statement: My Windows user names are typically of the form <first name> > <M.I.> <last name> (with spaces. Fortunately, this will work if > enclosed in quotes after the -U. > > Piggybacked Question: Does anybody know how to change the user name on a > Windows box short of reinstalling Windows from scratch? (Knowing what I > know now, I'll consider changing my user name to a single word. > However, Windows picks up the user name and uses it for some things > (like the author of a document in Word 97, IIRC) where it is nice to > have your full name specified (instead of something like rhkramer). By no means am I a windoze expert, but IIRC, if you delete C:\WINDOWS\*.PWL, all password information will be history. Next time you go to logon, you'll get to create a new one. Another possibility - if you haven't been automatically loggin on, simply type in a new user name at logon. If you have been automatically loggin on, go into TWEAKUI in control panel and create a new user name there. By not deleting the old user info contained in the PWL files, you'll preserve it for those windoze type reasons. You may want or need to copy the contents of the windoze desktop & start menu directories from the old user name to the new one. -- "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/
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