WNAP /User: and /Pwd: Parameters Fail In SNA Server 3.0

Last reviewed: March 19, 1998
Article ID: Q171255

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SNA Server, versions 3.0 and 3.0 SP1

SYMPTOMS

An SNA Server client running the SNA Server 3.0 (or 3.0 SP1) Windows 3.x client is not able to establish a sponsor connection to an SNA Server if Wnap.exe is autostarted using the /User: and /Pwd: parameters to automate the client logon. The following is an example of a WNAP command that uses these parameters

   wnap /user:<username> /pwd:<password>

where <username> is a valid Windows NT user name and <password> is the password for this user name.

When the sponsor connection fails, you receive the following error message:

   SNA Server Warning: 629
   No SNA Server Configuration Broadcast received.
   A Server must be available before you can use 3270 or APPC.

The problem does not occur if the parameters are all uppercase.

The /User: and /Pwd: parameters are documented in Appendix A of the SNA Server version 3.0 "Planning Guide."

CAUSE

The Wnap.exe program included with the SNA Server 3.0 Windows 3.x client does not correctly parse the /User: and /Pwd: parameters if they are entered in mixed case or lowercase.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, when you autostart WNAP, specify the two parameters in uppercase as shown here:

   wnap /USER:<username> /PWD:<password>

NOTE: The arguments that you enter for USER and PWD do not need to be uppercase.

The Wnap.exe program has been updated to correctly parse these parameters in all cases.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server 3.0 and 3.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1). This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 3.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

   S E R V P A C K

Keywords          : kbbug3.00 kbbug3.00.sp1 prodsna snawin3x kbfix3.00.sp2 kbnetwork
Version           : 3.0
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbbug

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Last reviewed: March 19, 1998
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