HOWTO: Logon With a Name Other than the System Logon

ID: Q123474

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
Microsoft SourceSafe for MS-DOS, versions 2.0x, 3.0x
Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows, versions 2.0x, 3.0x
Microsoft SourceSafe for Macintosh, versions 2.0x, 3.0x
Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT, versions 2.0x, 3.0x
Microsoft 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

Use the environment variables SSUSER and SSPWD to set the desired User Name and Password.

Use the -y parameter on the command line, as in this example:
```
      SS GET <$/FileName> -yJANET,MYPWD 
```

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 deselecting the "Use network name for automatic user logon" check box in the Options dialog box under the Tools menu. If you want this to occur for only one user, set the ini variable in the users SS.INI file.

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