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Changing your gender is less risky than changing your Windows userid
Rob [1] is planning on setting up a file server (running Linux) for the
Facility int he Middle of Nowhere that needs to support both Unix and
Windows. Nothing terribly difficult, and Samba [2] is getting easier to
configure with the passing years.
Only problem is that the userid on my Windows system does not match the one
on the Unix systems, but it doesn't seem to be that big of an issue—Samba
looks like it can map between Windows and Unix userids so nothing has to
change on my Windows system.
Only that feature in Samba doesn't seem to be working very well. Or at all.
As a test, Rob creates a userid on the Linux file server and I can mount the
drive under Windows (or “access the share” in Windows lingo). I would prefer
to use the Unix userid under Windows though. Okay, change the userid under
Windows.
Something I would think would be simple. It's pretty straightforward under
Unix but apparently it's not something to triffle with under Windows. Once
you set your userid, that's it. It's carved in stone for all eternity (or
until the next time you reinstall Windows to fix some other simple problem
like moving the mouse unexpectedly).
No. It's clone the existing userid and under no circumstance should you ever,
ever, even think of deleting the orginal userid, or the folders to conserve
disk space.
I found that out the hard way.
[1]
http://www.tragic-smurfs.com/
[2]
http://www.samba.org/
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