sharepoint 2007 showing System Account instead of Username / full name

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

Can someone help me figure it out why ?

Thanks.

[393 byte] By [thekaran] at [2007-12-29]

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# 1

check your AD account information. if you're using moss, check that you've imported your AD to the user profile database.

HenryOng at 2007-9-5 >

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# 2

This usualy happens because you used your own account as the application pool account. when you do that, sharepoint will not allow you to use it as yourself.

Never use an actuall user account as the application pool account. set up a system account for it in the domain.

IshaiSagi at 2007-9-5 >

# 3

As Ishai said it's not generally considered a good practise, but you can still fix it.

Go to Central Administration / Application Management. Click Policy for Web Application. Select your web app and click your account in the list. In the Edit Users page, clear the Account operates as System checkbox. That should fix this particular problem.

Hope this helps,

Alex

kiral at 2007-9-5 >

# 4

I have the same problem and your suggestion did not fix it. Shouldn't changing the account used in the application pool fix it? What are the steps to change it?

JP4711 at 2007-9-5 >

# 5

I just had the same problem, and in the help section of Sharepoint (within the product), I found a solution:

Office SharePoint Server 2007 Central Administration Help > Creating and managing Web applications and sites > Creating and managing Web applications: Change the application pool identity for a Web application

I changed the user and was able to get rid of the "System Account" that appeared in the top-right whenever I logged-in.

AlexMacDonald at 2007-9-5 >

# 6

Yes, i had my account information in the application pool. I was able to replace my account information with predefined Network services. Now my username shows up instead of system Account.

Search for "Change the application pool identity for a Web application" in help for step by step guidance.

Thank you all for helping me fix the issue

thekaran at 2007-9-5 >

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