RE: disabled network neighborhood user

Jim,

One way it can get disabled is depending on how they estalish the connection to 
the NetServer share from the Windows PC. 

We do not have matching user ids and passwords between OS/400 and Windows. 
Therefore I need my users to estabish their connection to the share via the 
dialog that prompts for user/pwd. In order for this to happen, I request that 
they open up Windows Explorer and type the \\AS400name\sharename into the 
address bar, then get prompted and enter the apprpriate OS/400 user/pwd. This 
gets the connection with no problem. (I think doing a manual NET USE with 
appropriate user/pwd also works)

However, if they disregard my request, and enter the path, for example, using 
Start/Run (definitely) or Internet Explorer (IIRC) then Windows defaults to 
sending the Windows user/pwd, which does not match what they need for OS/400. 
Furthermore, Windows does enough retries to exceed the limit and then we have 
the problem you described.

In order to reset the condition, I simply do a CHGUSRPRF on the usrprf in 
question without changing anything, CHGUSRPRF USRPRF(blah).

I do not know a way to proactively check whether it has been disabled. Only to 
watch for the message you mentioned after the fact.

-Marty

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date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 09:59:40 -0400
from: "Jim Hawkins" <jim.hawkins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: 

Periodically, we get messages like this.

 User profile xxxxxxxx disabled for iSeries Support for Windows Network 
   Neighborhood access. 

Users do not seem to be affected by this disabled profile.   So my 
questions are:
1) What causes users to be disabled in this manner? What is it that they 
are doing?  I know that they exceeding the maximum number of sign on 
attempts, but where, doing what?
2) How is this reset, or how can I see if a user has this disabled?  I 
don't see anything in WRKUSRPRF to reset the network neighborhood access. 
The traditional profile remains enabled.
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