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Chapter 12 User Databases
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Windows Dial-Up Networking Clients with a Domain Field, page 12-7
Windows Dial-Up Networking Clients without a Domain Field, page 12-7
Windows Dial-Up Networking Clients with a Domain Field
Windows User Database
If users dial in to your network by using the dial-up networking client that is provided with Windows NT,
Windows 2000, Windows 2003 R2, or Windows XP Professional, three fields appear:
username—Type your username.
password—Type your password.
domain—Type your valid domain name.
Note For more information about the implications of completing or leaving the domain box blank,
see Nondomain-Qualified Usernames, page 12-8.
Windows Dial-Up Networking Clients without a Domain Field
If users access your network by using the dial-up networking client that is provided with Windows 95,
Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows XP Home, two fields appear:
username—Type your username.
Note You can also prefix your username with the name of the domain in to which you want to log.
For more information about the implications of prefixing or not prefixing the domain name
before the username, see Nondomain-Qualified Usernames, page 12-8.
password—Type your password.
Usernames and Windows Authentication
This section contains:
Username Formats and Windows Authentication, page 12-7
Nondomain-Qualified Usernames, page 12-8
Domain-Qualified Usernames, page 12-9
UPN Usernames, page 12-9
Username Formats and Windows Authentication
ACS supports Windows authentication for usernames in a variety of formats. When ACS attempts
Windows authentication, it first determines the username format and submits the username to Windows
in the applicable manner. To implement reliable Windows authentication with ACS, you must understand
how ACS determines a username format, how it supports each of these formats, and how the types of
support are related.
To determine the format of a username that is submitted for Windows authentication, ACS searches the
username for the:
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