Configuring Credentials for DiskAccess’ RSH Server

This document will help to explain how to configure the DiskAccess RSH Server as a desired set of user credentials. Once this is accomplished, RSH commands to the NT/2000 machine will use the applied credentials when accessing NFS drives.

A typical environment consists of the RSH client, the NT/2000 machine which is acting as the RSH server, and a third machine where NFS resources exist. Below are the steps to be taken on the NT/2000 machine to set the credentials that will be used when accessing the NFS resources of the third machine.

Note: SID for ‘LocalSystem’ will always be ‘S-1-5-18’.

1. Login to the Windows desktop and authenticate so that the desired UID/GID will be passed to the Windows subsystem with the desired DiskAccess configurations saved.

2. If needed, logout and logon as a user with Administrative privileges. Open the Registry Editor by selecting ‘Start –> Run –> regedt32’ and traverse to ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SSC\DiskAccess\CurrentVersion\Users’

3. Find the User entry that matches your Windows user login. Beneath that entry, select (highlight) ‘Default’.

4. Select the ‘Registry’ pulldown menu and select ‘Save Key…’. Select an appropriate destination. (i.e. C:\temp)

5. Select (highlight)

‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SSC\DiskAccess\CurrentVersion\Users’. Select the ‘Edit’ pulldown menu and select ‘Add Key…’. Enter “S-1-5-18” (without the quotes) in ‘Key Name’ and select ‘OK’. Should see SID appear under ‘Users’

6. Select (highlight)

‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SSC\DiskAccess\CurrentVersion\Users\ S-1-5-18’. Select the ‘Edit’ pulldown menu and select ‘Add Value…’. Enter “Name” in ‘Value Name:’; leave ‘Data Type:’ as “REG_SZ” and select ‘OK’. Enter “<LOCAL HOST>\LocalSystem” where ‘<LOCAL HOST>’ is the name of the local machine in UPPERCASE. Now select ‘OK’.

7. Select (highlight)

‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SSC\DiskAccess\CurrentVersion\Users\ S-1-5-18’ and select the ‘Edit’ pulldown menu, then select ‘Add Key…’. Enter “Default” in ‘Key Name’ then select ‘OK’. Should see ‘Default’ key under SID.

8. Select (highlight)

‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SSC\DiskAccess\CurrentVersion\Users\ S-1-5-18\Default’. Select the ‘Registry’ pulldown menu, then select ‘Restore...’. Find and select file saved in step 4 then select ‘Open’. Select ‘Yes’ in ‘Warning’ box. Should see a duplicate of key saved in step 4 appear with ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SSC\DiskAccess\CurrentVersion\Users\ S-1-5-18\Default’

9. Select the ‘Registry’ pulldown menu and select ‘Exit’.