ID Number: Q64747
2.00
OS/2
Problem:
After installing OS/2 LAN Manager version 2.00, I'm able to log on
using the NET LOGON ADMIN PASSWORD command, but when I try to run a
NET ADMIN command, I receive the following error messages:
SYS0005: Access Denied
and
You have no privileges at \\<servername>
While the NET ADMIN full-screen interface is running, all options are
grayed except for the following:
View->Exit
Config->Log off from LAN
Accounts->Your Account
Accounts->Change your password
Why are these error messages occurring?
Response:
OS/2 LAN Manager version 2.00 is shipped with the following default
user-level security settings:
Maximum password age: Valid for [90] days
The ADMIN account is set with the following:
Password last changed : 6-12-90 01:50am
Password expires : 9-10-90 01:50am
If OS/2 LAN Manager version 2.00 is not installed prior to September
10, 1990, or the ADMIN default password is not changed before this
date, the above "access denied" error message will occur.
To make the default ADMIN account usable again, the password for this
account must be changed by using one of the following options:
1. Using NET ADMIN, select the following:
a. Accounts->Change your password.
b. Enter the old password, followed by the new password. Be sure to
remember the new password.
c. The Administrator options will be grayed until you sign onto
ADMIN using the new password.
2. From an OS/2 command line, do the following:
a. Enter the following command
NET PASSWORD \\<servername> ADMIN PASSWORD *
where:
<servername> = The OS/2 LAN Manager machine name assigned to
your server.
* = The "*" causes the system to prompt for the
new password.
<newpassword> = The new password to assign to the ADMIN
account.
b. Type the user's new password: <newpassword>.
c. Retype your password to confirm: <newpassword> that the command
has completed successfully.
After changing the ADMIN's password, log off and log on again using
the new password (NET LOGON ADMIN <newpassword>). After this, full
administrative privileges will be available to the ADMIN account.
If the workstation's domain includes an OS/2 LAN Manager master domain
controller (running the NETLOGON service) and the default ADMIN
account expires, the administrator will be prompted to enter a new
password in response to the NET LOGON ADMIN <oldpassword> command as
follows
Your password for the <domain> domain has expired.
Please change your password now.
Type in your new password: <newpassword>
Retype your new password to confirm: <newpassword>
followed by:
Password has been changed, continuing logon process.
The server \\<servername> successfully logged you on as admin.
Your privilege level on this domain is ADMIN.