How to Install Microsoft Authentication on a Macintosh

ID: Q101747

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Windows NT Advanced Server provides an installable component to validate users that are connecting to the Windows NT Advanced Server from a Macintosh. The Microsoft User Authentication Module (UAM) provides a more secure logon session by sending an encrypted password, rather than a straight text password, across the network.

The Authentication Module also allows users to specify a domain if they are members of more than one domain. In order to log on to a domain other than the one the Windows NT Advanced Server is currently a member of, the user would type "<Domainname>\<Username>" (without the quotation marks) in the Name text box. Also, the domain that the user is logging on to must be a trusted domain of the Advanced Server machine.

To install the Microsoft User Authentication Module on a Macintosh workstation, do the following:

  1. From the Apple menu, select the Chooser.


  2. Select the AppleShare icon and the AppleTalk zone of the Windows NT Advanced Server machine.


  3. Select the Windows NT Advanced Server and then choose Guest or Registered User.


  4. Select the Microsoft UAM Volume and then close the Chooser.


  5. From the Macintosh desktop, double-click the Microsoft UAM Volume to open the window.


  6. Select the AppleShare folder and drag it to the System Folder on the local hard disk.


  7. From the Special menu, choose Restart.


Whenever a Macintosh user connects to a Windows NT Advanced Server, the user will now have the option of using Standard Macintosh Authentication or Microsoft Authentication.

Additional query words: prodnt 


Keywords          : kbinterop ntmac NTSrv 
Version           : 3.1 4.0
Platform          : winnt 
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Last Reviewed: January 13, 1999