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Q142330: User-Level Security Not Enabled with Custom Setup Script

Article: Q142330
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): msnets win95
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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>

where <agent> is the type of security agent used to provide pass-through
validation for user-level security. Pass-through validation can be provided by a
Microsoft Windows NT domain, a Windows NT-based computer, or a Novell NetWare
server.

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
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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
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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.

Additional query words: share level msbatch.inf

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Keywords          : msnets win95 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : 95

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