File sharing/AFP skips "connect as"

I have a Mac-Lion and several accounts, both user and admin. I turned file sharing on and selected AFP. I can connect from another Mac-Yosemite as expected - to any account on Mac-Lion by entering the password when prompted. With one exception.
I have an admin account xyz on Mac-Lion and an admin account xyz on Mac-Yosemite, different passwords. On Mac-Yosemite, in the account xyz when "connect to server", it skips the "connect as" prompt. Connects straight to xyz on MBP-Lion. However, this does happen vice-versa. I also tested other accounts, say abc on Mac-Lion and abc on Mac-Yosemite, admin or standard user. No problem, always goes to the "connect as" window and asks for a password.
I also changed the password of xyz on MBP Lion many times, and delete the keychain, restarted, etc. Also, MBP-Lion is off-cloud. Still thee is this mysterious one-way password-free connection between the two accounts. What could that be and how can I reset it?
Thanks in advance.

It turns out the iCloud causes this behavior. If I sign off iCloud in the account xyz on Mac-Yosemite, then I am prompted with the regular login window when I connect to Mac-Lion. So some setting on Mac-Lion grants password fee access to connections from account xyz on Mac-Yosemite as long as that account is logged in iCloud. (xyz on Mac-Lion used to be signed in the same iCloud account, but I signed out and reset the keychain). Any idea where that could be so that i can reset it?

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