[THIN] Re: OT: Logon with variable question

Hi thanks for the reply.  What I'm looking to do is fire off a job from Altiris but I want it to login with the local administrator for each server.

In Altiris there's a "user domain" box that has to have something in it (i.e., it won't work if it is left blank), and then username/password.  For everything done in our environment with Altiris we either use a service account, a domain admin account, or just set it to "system account".

However, for this one I want it to specifically login with the local administrator account for each machine.  So far none of the variables have worked.  So then I went to the local console of a machine and tried various logon methods and found that even there, %computername%\adamg or %userdomain%\adamg don't work, even though if I login with adamg/password/computername on their respective lines in the logon dialog, when I go to look at system variables, both of those are set to the current computer name.

Any other ideas? 

Adam

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Raffensberger, Stephen D <sraffens@sovereignbank.com> wrote:

Adam,

 

I fight the opposite battle but you can probably use what I use.

 

Set HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\DefaultDomainName to your "server1" name.

Then just login with a simple adamg and it will default to server1\adamg.

 

Actually, all you have to do is log on at the physical console using a local account and it will switch this for you.

Trouble is, whenever someone else logs onto the console using the domain, it will reverse it for you. I periodically run a batch file that sets it the way I want it.

 

HTH

 

Steve Raffensberger

Citrix Administrator

Sovereign Bank

1125 Berkshire Boulevard

Wyomissing, PA 19610

email: sraffens@sovereignbank.com

 

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From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Adam Granatela
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 4:35 PM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] OT: Logon with variable question

 

Hey everyone, hope all is well.  I have another strange request that I was wondering if anyone has any insight on.

I'm looking for a way to use a variable to pull in the current computer name of a machine, but at login time.

In a standard 3 line Windows 2000/2003 server login screen I can login with something like:

server1\adamg
password
<third line for domain/local machine is grayed out>

Is there any way I can use a variable instead of "server1" up there so that the current servername is put in?  I've tried:

%computername%\adamg
%userdomain%\adamg

and a few other things including double %%, .\adamg, and quotes in various places.  If anyone wants an explanation as to why I need this I can go into that, but I've narrowed things down to the point where if I could pull in the current servername using a variable that it will give me everything I need.  Any ideas?  Thanks!

Adam

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