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3.4 Setting Up Accounts

As you configure AcuServer, you need to establish user accounts on the Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows 2003 host system. This section lists some key considerations for performing this activity. For specific instructions on setting up user accounts, consult your operating system documentation.

When setting up user accounts, determine whether each user will have a unique account, or whether groups of users will share an account (such as "Accounting") on the server. Here are some tradeoffs to help you make that decision

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Note: Members of a group can be logged on simultaneously with the same account.

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If you choose group accounts on the server, users may still have individual accounts on their client machines. The username returned by ACCEPT FROM SYSTEM-INFO will be the local (client) login-ID.

The acuserve service is usually run as the "SYSTEM" account. If you need to change the account used by the acuserve service, be sure that the new account has all of the appropriate permissions for a file server.