User-Level Security Not Enabled with Custom Setup Script

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

After you use the Server-Based Setup tool (Netsetup.exe) to create a custom Setup script that is designed to enable user-level security, user-level security may not be enabled when you install Windows 95 from the shared Windows 95 folder on the server.

CAUSE

When you use Netsetup.exe to create a custom Setup script and specify that user-level security should be enabled, the following line is added to the custom Setup script

   UserSecurity=<agent>

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, use one of the following methods:

• Use a text editor (such as Notepad) to edit the custom Setup script and modify the "UserSecurity=" line so that it reads

        Security=<agent>
  

  where <agent> is the type of security agent used to provide pass- through validation for user-level security.

• Use the Batch Setup tool (Batch.exe) to create your custom Setup script instead of the Server-Based Setup tool. Batch.exe is located in the Admin\Nettools\Netsetup folder on the Windows 95 CD-ROM. You can install this tool using the Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel. You can also install Batch.exe as part of the Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit.

  NOTE: The Batch Setup tool is included in the CD-ROM version of Windows 95, but not in the floppy disk version. To use the Batch Setup tool you must have the CD-ROM version of Windows 95.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For additional information about Server-Based Setup in Windows 95, please see chapters 4 and 5 of the Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit.

For additional information about creating batch Setup files with Batch.exe, please see the consult the Help system in the Batch Setup tool.