You can see it displayed in the Windows PowerShell or in the Command prompt (CMD), provide it when requested by NoMachine for the 'username'. Name of the account in short format (Local Account 'username') You need to use instead the name of the account, which is unique and corresponds to the 'Username' field in the account settings. The friendly name, which corresponds to the 'Full name' in the account settings, can't be used to log-in by NoMachine. In addition to formats above, there is also the possibility to associate a 'friendly name' or nickname to the account. This is not really a different format, since it is just the Down-Level Logon Name without the domain part. They can all be used to log-in by NoMachine:ġ) User Principal Name: Down-Level Logon Name: \ģ) Short format name, just 'username', domain is implicit. Windows supports the following formats for the account names.
2 - Switch between displaying on macOS the Full Name or the Account Name
Choose Login Options -> Show fast user switching menu -> Full Name/Account Name.įig. You can switch between showing the Full Name or the Account Name on the system from System Preferences -> Users and Groups. Only the 'Account Name' can be used for that. The macOS displays by default the 'Full Name' of the account, which is a userfriendly name associated to the account, but it cannot be used to log-in by NoMachine. 1 - 'smith' is the name of the account & is displayed in the prompt of a Terminal Open a Terminal from Applications, the name of your account is the name displayed in the command prompt.įig. You can find below some hints to retrieve the proper name of the account to be used to log-in by NoMachine. Often the Operating System displays a more userfriendly name instead of the name of the account, but only the name of the account can be used to log-in by NoMachine.įor sake of consistency, the NoMachine UI always displays the name of the account and never shows the user friendly format. User info is stored and managed by a domain server (e.g. User info is managed by Microsoft.ģ) Domain accounts. User info is stored in the local database.Ģ) Microsoft accounts. 'Username' must be the name of a valid account.ġ) Local system accounts on the NoMachine server host. Let's see more in detail which are the possible account types, the format of their names and which of them can be effectively used to log-in, also by NoMachine.
To log-in by NoMachine, insert the same username and password you use to physically log-in to that computer. By default NoMachine uses password authentication, which requires to provide 'username' and 'password' (password cannot be emtpy).
Users connecting by NoMachine to the remote computer need to provide credentials of a valid account enabled to log-in to that remote computer.
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