User authentication using scripting?

From: Luis Reyna (LuisReyna_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:07:03 -0700

Hi everybody,
Is there a way to prompt the user for a username and a password and
authenticate them against windows users from within a script. If so, wich
client/server platform is required. Can it be done for a Win 98 workgroup?

Thanks.
Luis

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