Sharepoint site showing system account instead of my username on the top right corner.

Question

When i login with my username & password into sharepoint (2007) site, it displays as a "System Account" instead of my username on the top right corner of the website. What ever changes/Settings  i make inside the site for showing my username.


Thanks.

Answer 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934838

Answer 2

Hi all,
Actually what happens when you host a web application using your central administration that time one has to give "configurable" under "Select a security account for this application pool" instead of choosing "Predefined (Netwok service).

Regards
Amreesh Sharma

Answer 3

When you login with your username & password into sharepoint (2007) site, it displays as a "System Account" instead of your username or full name on the top right corner of the website. What ever changes you make inside the site, for example upload a file, post a comment, sharepoint marks it as a System account instead of your name.

 

To fix this, you must run the following commands:

 

stsadm -o updatefarmcredentials -identitytype NetworkService

 

followed by:

 

iisreset

 

 

Because your account was used to create the SharePoint databases, your account is marked as a System Account.  You need to run the STSADM command "updatefarmcredentials" and set it to an account like the NetworkService account to prevent this from occurring.