Remote Log On Authentication (110295)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q110295 SUMMARY
A Windows NT version 3.51 client can connect to a Windows NT Workstation
version 3.51 or Windows NT Server version 3.51 using credentials that have
already been cached on that Windows NT version 3.51 machine. This is an
improvement with this version and is especially useful when the Windows NT
version 3.51 client is a Remote Access Service (RAS) client or is on a
private local area network connected to a wide area network (WAN) through a
RAS client.
MORE INFORMATION
When you interactively log on to a Windows NT machine (through WinLogon) to
an account not physically maintained on the machine, the logon information
is cached on the machine. This allows you to later interactively log on to
the Windows NT machine again even though a domain controller defining the
account isn't available. This is especially useful for laptop systems when
they aren't connected to the network or RAS client systems that aren't yet
dialed in.
Cached credentials in Windows NT versions 3.5 and earlier could only be
used to authenticate future interactive logons. With Windows NT version
3.51, the cached credentials can also be used to authenticate network
logons.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 8/8/2001 |
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| Keywords: | kbnetwork KB110295 |
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