Username/Password Support in SNA Server Win95 Client Registry

• Microsoft SNA Server for Windows NT, versions 2.1, 2.11, and 3.0

SUMMARY

This article describes the update for SNA Server Windows 95 clients that use a non-named-pipe transport (such as Banyan Vines, IPX/SPX, and TCP/IP Sockets) and do not log on to a Windows NT domain.

When you configure a SNA Server Windows 95 client for a non-named pipe transport SNA Server uses the Windows 95 cached password to validate users for sponsor connections (A sponsor connection is used by SNA Server to learn about the SNA Server domain.) However, if Windows 95 is not configured to log on to a Windows NT domain, you must install the update and provide your SNA Server Windows 95 client registry with your Windows NT domain username and password as explained below.

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When to Use the Update

The following conditions require you to install the update and configure the Windows 95 client registry to supply a Windows NT domain username and password:

• If Client for Microsoft Networks is not listed in the Windows 95 Control Panel Networks option.

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• If, when you select Client for Microsoft Networks, there is no check mark next to Log on to Windows NT Domain.

Required Windows 95 Registry Entries

The new update requires that you add new values and your Windows NT Domain username and password to the Windows 95 registry.

You can add the required information under HKEY_CURRENT_USER or the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree. However, the Windows 95 client checks the HKEY_CURRENT_USER first and therefore performs faster if you choose that subtree. To add the information:

1. Under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER subtree (or the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree), go to the following subkey:

         Software\Microsoft\SnaBase\Parameters
   

2. Add the following value names, data types, and data for your password and username:

         Value Name: Password
         Data Type:  REG_SZ
         Data:       <your_password>
   
         Value Name: UserName
         Data Type:  REG_SZ
         Data:       <your_user_name>
   
   

Updated Files

Microsoft has updated the following files:

   <SNA_Root>\SYSTEM\SNABASE.EXE
   <Windows_95_root>\SYSTEM\SNAKRNL.DLL

STATUS

This feature is included in SNA Server, version 3.0, as well as the latest U.S. Service Pack for SNA Server, version 2.11. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

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