Global VPN Client 5 Administration Guide

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Workaround - Forced Creation of a New Locally Cached Profile

The workaround is to create an induced local profile, and then log on to the Microsoft domain using the SonicWall Global VPN Client.

To create an induced local profile

  1. Log on to the workstation with any locally cached profile (for example, mydomain\user1 or a local machine account). The locally cached profiles are usually stored in the C:\Documents and Settings directory. You should see a folder, called user1, in this path, which contains user1’s profile.
  2. Launch the SonicWall Global VPN Client.
  3. After the SonicWall Global VPN Client establishes a connection and the workstation can communicate with the domain controller, you can create another locally cached profile. You can use the runas command to create a locally cached profile for a new user (for example, mydomain\user2) while using the Global VPN Client connection provided by user1.
  4. From a command prompt, type runas /user:mydomain\user2 explorer.exe (substitute your actual domain for mydomain and actual username for user2). You can use notepad.exe instead of explorer.exe if you prefer.
  5. At the prompt, enter the domain password for user2.
  6. It will take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes to create the local profile for user2, and to launch the explorer.exe program. You may quit the explorer.exe program after it launches.
  7. The C:\Documents and Settings directory should now contain a folder for user2.
  8. Close the Global VPN Client.
  9. Log off as user1 from the workstation. You will see the familiar Log On to Windows dialog.
  10. Log onto the workstation as user2 using the newly created locally cached profile.
  11. Launch the SonicWall Global VPN Client. The user2 profile will now provide the credentials for all domain access (including running logon scripts).
  12. You can repeat this procedure as many times as necessary to create additional profiles.

It is also possible to change an expired user password with this procedure if you have another account available to make the Global VPN Client connection back to the domain controller.

To change passwords from the Windows Security dialog

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt Delete.
  2. Select Change a password….
  3. Enter the old password.
  4. Enter the new password.
  5. Confirm the new password.
  6. Click the Arrow button.