How To Logon With a Name Other than the System Logon

 Last reviewed: January 13, 1997
Article ID: Q123474
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, version 4.0, 5.0
  • SourceSafe for MS-DOS, versions 2.0x, 3.0x
  • SourceSafe for Windows, versions 2.0x, 3.0x
  • SourceSafe for Macintosh, versions 2.0x, 3.0x
  • SourceSafe for Windows NT, versions 2.0x, 3.0x
  • SourceSafe for UNIX, versions 2.0x, 3.0x

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:

    SSW -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 checking "Use network name for automatic user logon" in the Tools->Options dialog. If you want this to occur for only one user, set the ini variable in the users SS.INI file.

KBCategory: kbsetup kbnetwork kbhowto
KBSubcategory: SourceSafe
Additional reference words: ss3 vss vbwin 4.00 5.00

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Last reviewed: January 13, 1997
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