How To Logon With a Name Other than the System Logon (123474)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit, for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit, for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft SourceSafe for MS-DOS 2.0x
  • Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows 2.0x
  • Microsoft SourceSafe for Macintosh 2.0x
  • Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT 2.0x
  • Microsoft SourceSafe for UNIX 2.0x

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

  1. Use the environment variables SSUSER and SSPWD to set the desired User Name and Password.
  2. Use the -y parameter on the command line, as in this example:
          SS GET <$/FileName> -yJANET,MYPWD
    						
  3. 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.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/1/2004
Keywords:kbhowto kbnetwork kbsetup KB123474