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Q101754: PC Win: MOVEUSER.EXE May Lose Password If Imported from .MMU

Article: Q101754
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 05-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for Windows, version 3.2 
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SUMMARY
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You can use the Move User utility (MOVEUSER.EXE) to move users in the following
three ways:

- Drag the users to specified postoffices (POs).

-or-

- Export a user to an .MMU file, and then import that user into the
  destination.

-or-

- Highlight the user to be moved, and then choose Move from the File menu.

If you use one of the latter two ways to move a user, there is a 50 percent
chance that the user will lose his or her password.

MORE INFORMATION
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The environment where users lose their passwords is predictable and is dependent
on enhanced security (EN). There are four scenarios that administrators
preparing to use MOVEUSER.EXE should be aware of:

  Source PO          Destination PO          Password Moved
  ---------------------------------------------------------
  EN = on               EN = on                   Yes
  EN = on               EN = off                  Yes
  EN = off              EN = off                  No
  EN = off              EN = on                   No

The Move User utility is dependent on enhanced security because MOVEUSER.EXE
re-encrypts or doesn't encrypt the user's password, depending on how the
MASTER.GLB recorded enhanced security.


Additional query words: 3.20

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMail320
Version           : WINDOWS:3.2

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