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Workstation Name
Name: MicrosoftMAN Date: January 12, 2005 at 15:20:40 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro CPU/Ram: N/A
Comment:
We have a few computers on a Novell 6 network and we have them all working nicely except when we change thier name in Windows, they tend to still have the old name in ConsoleOne's showing of who is logged in as the user. We have looked everywhere in the Novell Login Config and found nothing to change this so the names are correct. Are we missing something? In case it matters, the computers use DHCP.
Name: foccer Date: January 13, 2005 at 15:04:43 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds like you're using Zenworks workstation management. Try looking at the Zen documentation on the Novell website for basic admin info.
When the client logs on, it executes a file off the server called wsreg32.exe. This file polls the computer for basic info such as computer name, user, IP etc. There is a policy in eDirectory that controls how often this info is updated into the directory. I think the default is after 3 logins.
Try logging in to the workstation a few times after you've changed the name and see if a new object a appears in the directory. If it doesn't, then you may have a problem with the policy or Zenworks itself.
As I mentioned, the documentation will explain everything.
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