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Q130023: DOCERR: RasDial() with Username and Password as Empty Strings

Article: Q130023
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbdocerr kbAPI kbRAS kbSDKPlatform kbOSWin311 kbGrpDSNet
Last Modified: 06-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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The documentation for the RasDial() function incorrectly states the possible
values for the members of one of the parameters, the RASDIALPARAMS structure.
The documentation states:

  If both the szUserName and the szPassword members are empty strings (""),
  Remote Access uses the username and password of the currently logged-on user
  for authentication.

This API explicitly requires the name and the password for a valid RAS account
even if the account belongs to the currently logged-on user. Specifying empty
strings for the username and password members of RASDIALPARAMS results in
authentication failure.

NOTE: This is only a problem in 16-bit Windows. The Win32 version of the
RasDial() function implements it as documented.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbdocerr kbAPI kbRAS kbSDKPlatform kbOSWin311 kbGrpDSNet 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.11

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