User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

Getting Started with LAN Manager Enhanced

Understanding User Accounts

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.

NOTE: To log on, the network server running the Netlogon service and the MS-DOS

workstation must both run the same protocol (for example, NetBEUI), and the

workstation must run this protocol as its designated first protocol. If these conditions

are not met, logon requests will fail.

NOTE: If you are experiencing problems logging on, see your network administrator.

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.