Microsoft KB Archive/130023

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DOCERR: RasDial with Username and Password as Empty Strings

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Q130023

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.11

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SUMMARY
The documentation for the RasDial function incorrectly states the possible values for the members of one of the parameters, the RASDIALPARAMS structure. The documentation states:

"If both the szUserName and the szPassword members are empty strings (''), Remote Access uses the username and password of the currently logged-on user for authentication." This API explicitly requires the name and the password for a valid RAS account even if the account belongs to the currently logged-on user. Specifying empty strings for the username and password members of RASDIALPARAMS results in authentication failure.

NOTE: This is only a problem in 16-bit Windows. The Win32 version of the RasDial function implements it as documented.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbnetwork kbdocerr kbAPI kbRAS kbSDKPlatform kbOSWin311 kbGrpDSNet

Issue type :

Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK311