[UniMacTech] Bit of a pickle, connecting to Active Directory (local user query)

[David Kudrev]

Hi folks, we're experimenting with Active Directory here and I want to  
move my machine onto Active Directory. The settings are set up  
correctly, however, little did I realise, that my shortname for my  
local account, is the username used on the network. I was wondering if  
there's any workarounds that I can log in onto the AD even though my  
local user account is the same username/password? I even tried to  
change the password on the local, and tried to login onto the AD, and  
it didn't budge. Having said that, I've been able to log in on another  
mac and even a Virtual machine with Windows XP onto the AD.

Is there any way that I can somehow keep my preferences on the local  
login and be able to log onto the AD still? Would love some light shed  
on this topic please.


Kind regards

David Kudrev
Desktop Support Officer
Information Services Division
Flinders University
(08) 8201 2345
http://www.flinders.edu.au