[wpkg-users] same hostnames

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Peter Hartmann wrote:
> I've come  across an organization, actually a bunch of them, who have
> many computers in a domain that have the same hostname.  Can anyone
> point out any barriers or caveats to keeping things this way with
> wpkg?   Musing: I guess logging back to the server is out unless the
> hostname is appended with an ip, which i have seen happen in windows
> explorer.  But still how to find a specific computer.

I believe it's a no-no to have two computers in a Windows domain.

Each workstation in a Windows domain has its very own "machine 
password". So if any new workstation joins with the same name, the 
password of the older workstation would be invalidated.

So the only way it works is because someone used the great "invention" 
called "cloning" without having the slightest idea what's he's doing.


If the machines have the same WPKG profile, the things will just work.


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Tomasz Chmielewski
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