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Renaming User Account Does Not Keep Permissions in LAN Manager

Article ID: 129484

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q129484

SYMPTOMS

If you rename a user account on a Windows NT Server primary domain controller (PDC) and the user account has specific permissions on a Microsoft LAN Manager Server backup domain controller (BDC), the new user account does not have the same permissions on the LAN Manager BDC's network share.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem:

Change the access control lists (ACLs) of all files on the LAN Manager Server to reference groups rather than individual users before you rename the user account.
After you rename the user account, change the ACLs of the files to include the new user name.

Additional query words: prodnt 2.2b 2.2c user name

Keywords: KB129484