RAS: Use Cached Credentials to Log On to a Different Domain

• Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
• Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SUMMARY

This article expands on the Help information found in the Windows NT Remote Access Service (RAS) client (RASPHONE.HLP) and describes a more convenient way to gain network access to a RAS server domain other than the RAS client's domain.

MORE INFORMATION

When you do not use the Authenticate Using Current User Name And Password option in RAS and you request Help in the Authentication dialog box, information appears describing how to log onto a domain other than the RAS client's domain. This Help information also describes how to avoid having to press CTRL+ALT+DEL every time you log on to that domain.

However, the Help information does not mention that your Windows NT RAS client will cache your remote logon credentials after you have logged onto the domain the first time, allowing subsequent logons to the domain to be automated.

To do this, connect to the RAS server and log on to its domain once as described in the Help information (by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL). After that, log on to its domain before you are connected to the RAS server and allow Windows NT to log you automatically with cached credentials when you connect.