Interesting!
I don't think I've ever tried #4...
Time for some experimentation...
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Walden
>H. Leverich
>Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 1:51 PM
>To: NT 2000 Discussions
>Subject: RE: Mapping drives with different user names (almost)
>
>
>OK, actually I'm partially right. There are two components
>to security,
>right? First the username and second the password. Given two
>components
>there are 4 possible options for connecting to a server.
>
>1) Same username and same password
>2) Same username different password
>3) Different username and different password
>4) Different username and SAME password
>
>Well, obviously option 1 will work. However, option 4 ALSO
>works. Even
>though the username is different the password was the same and the
>connection works w/o prompting me for the password. I guess
>W2K just throws
>my password at the foreign server. I've tried this both
>against an AS/400
>and from a W2K Pro machine against a W2K server, works in
>either case.
>
>-Walden
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Strome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 12:53 PM
>To: NT 2000 Discussions
>Subject: RE: Mapping drives with different user names (almost)
>
>
>Andrew is correct. I connect to several resources with different
>username/passwords. I have to reenter the passwords each
>time. It does
>remember the username though.
>
>The 400 may be helping you out somehow. You say it's just being a
>server...well, servers are devices that allow people to
>access data...maybe
>the method in which the 400 authenticates allows for this
>behavior in some
>way.
>
>However, W2K, by design, does not remember credentials. I
>would consider
>that a severe security hole.
>
>David.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Walden H. Leverich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 6:27 AM
>To: NT 2000 Discussions
>Subject: FW: Mapping drives with different user names (almost)
>
>
>Ooooo! I have the fact that OWA ignores the Reply-To: directive. I
>accidentally took this thread offline w/Andrew. This should
>catch everyone
>up.
>
>-Walden
>
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>
>I'll confirm this Monday, but I'm sure it happens. I don't
>see how this
>could be a function of the AS/400 since the 400 just acts as
>an SMB server.
>When you've tried this in the past have you used the same
>user names for the
>resources, or different ones? It prompts if the user names
>are the same, it
>doesn't if they are different.
>
>-Walden
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew S. Baker
>To: Walden H. Leverich
>Sent: 8/25/2001 9:40 AM
>Subject: RE: Mapping drives with different user names (almost)
>
>I've never seen this happen when the remote resources are
>NT/2000 resources.
>Upon reboot or subsequent logon, I'm asked for the credentials again.
>
>Are you sure this isn't a function of the AS/400? (I've
>never connected to
>AS/400 resources, so I wouldn't know).
>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Walden H. Leverich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:31 PM
>>To: 'Andrew S. Baker '
>>Subject: RE: Mapping drives with different user names (almost)
>>
>>
>>Andrew, sorry but that is not true. If I use a _different_
>userid for
>>my AS/400 connection W2K stores the password and reconnects the
>>drive when I
>>log back in w/o prompting me for the password. The problem
>>is when I have
>>the same userid but different passwords. In this case W2K
>>apparently doesn't
>>cache the password and I need a way to force it to.
>>
>>-Walden
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Andrew S. Baker
>>To: NT 2000 Discussions
>>Sent: 8/24/2001 7:52 PM
>>Subject: RE: Mapping drives with different user names (almost)
>>
>>This is the standard behavior.
>>
>>NT/2000 never save the password for mapped connections which use
>>separate credentials from your logon credentials.
>>
>>
>>
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Walden H.
>>>Leverich
>>>Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 5:44 PM
>>>To: NT 2000 Discussions
>>>Subject: Mapping drives with different user names (almost)
>>>
>>>
>>>I have an AS/400 that can share it's files as though it was an NT
>>>server (think Samba, but different). Here is the problem: The
>>>AS/400 has it's own
>>>security database (users and passwords), it not integrated
>>into NT/2K
>>>security at all. I need to map a drive from my PC to the AS/400.
>>>
>>>If I have different user names on the AS/400 and the PC this is a
>>>piece of cake. I bring up the map drive dialog, fill in
>the drive and
>>>UNC and click
>>>"Connect using a different user name" and I'm all set. I can
>>>even log off
>>>and on and W2K will remember my userid and password.
>>>
>>>My problem occurs if I have the same user names on W2K and
>the AS/400
>>>but DIFFERENT passwords. I can connect fine the first time. I
>>>click on "Connect
>>>Using..." and enter my userid and the password for the
>>AS/400 and I'm
>>>connected. However, when I signoff and back on I'm
>prompted to enter
>>>my AS/400 password. Best I can figure W2K didn't save my
>>>password because it
>>>thinks that 'WaldenL' on the AS/400 and 'WaldenL' on W2K are
>>>the same user
>>>and therefore have the same password. I've tried entering a
>>>blank domain
>>>name '\WaldenL' but that didn't help.
>>>
>>>Does anyone have any idea how to force W2K to use the password I
>>>supply on the connection when reconnecting the drive at logon?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>-Walden
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