How to Verify Visual SourceSafe User Name and Password from a Command Prompt (321485)

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Typically, if an invalid user name or password is passed to Ss.exe from a command prompt, the user is prompted to type a valid user name or password. However, when you script with Ss.exe, the invalid user name or password stops the batch file from running.

With the Ssidchk.exe utility, you can validate user names and passwords before they are passed to Ss.exe. This can provide the user with the appropriate feedback. In Visual SourceSafe version 5.0 or earlier, the Sslogin.exe program, which is included with Visual SourceSafe, provides this functionality.

The Ssidchk.exe utility is a stand-alone, executable file that you do not have to install. The utility is designed to work on the Intel x86 platform with Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Microsoft Windows XP.

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Release Date: May 23, 2002

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Syntax

To use the Ssidchk.exe utility, use the following syntax at a command prompt:

ssidchk vss_data_pathuser_namepassword

For example, run the following command at a command prompt:

ssidchk f:\vss\data myusernamemypassword

Return Values

0	Valid user name and password
100	Valid user name and invalid password
200	Invalid user name and invalid password
-100	Unable to read user information

Sample Script Usage

@echo off
ssidchk data\ MyUsername MyPassword
echo.
echo.

if not %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto FAILURE
Echo Valid Username and Password
Echo.
SS Dir $/ -yMyUsername,MyPassword
GOTO ENDSCRIPT

:FAILURE
ECHO Bad Username and/or Password
GOTO ENDSCRIPT

:ENDSCRIPT