Microsoft KB Archive/123474

= How To Logon With a Name Other than the System Logon =

Article ID: 123474

Article Last Modified on 7/1/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SourceSafe
 * Microsoft SourceSafe
 * Microsoft SourceSafe
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2.0
 * Microsoft SourceSafe

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This article was previously published under Q123474



SUMMARY
SourceSafe can automatically use the user name if the following network operating system and SourceSafe combinations are used:   Network Operating System      SourceSafe Version(s) --

Windows NT 3.1 or greater    SourceSafe 2.X or greater, Windows NT or 32-bit version.

Novell Netware               SourceSafe 2.02 to 3.02

Macintosh                    SourceSafe 2.X for Macintosh However, occasionally, you may need to override this setting.



MORE INFORMATION
 Use the environment variables SSUSER and SSPWD to set the desired User Name and Password.  Use the -y parameter on the command line, as in this example: SS GET <$/FileName> -yJANET,MYPWD  Set the SourceSafe variable Use_Network to No to force SourceSafe to prompt for the username and password.

In Visual SourceSafe, you can force prompting for the User Name by going to the Visual SourceSafe Admin program and deselecting the "Use network name for automatic user logon" check box in the Options dialog box under the Tools menu. If you want this to occur for only one user, set the ini variable in the users SS.INI file.

Keywords: kbhowto kbnetwork kbsetup KB123474

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