Re: i-net security with pc-nfs

In article <3332pb$5oi@masala.cc.uh.edu> Steve "Steve Dowdy" writes: > I have recently converted from SE 3.x to 5.0. I have gone to a > client/server architecture. > > All PCs use Windows 3.1. When the PC boots the user must log into the > network using PC-NFS 5.0. Then the REMSQL is executed. Again, name and > password are required. > > I don't like putting the user name and password in the AUTOEXEC file. > However, one cannont execute REMSQL from Windows. I don't want my users > seeing a DOS prompt. I don't want passwords in files. I don't want them > to essentially log into the same server twice. If a user wants to leave > their desk, they must turn their PC off to secure data from unwanted > access?!?!?!? > > Any comments, solutions. > > > Stephen Dowdy > Sr. Systems Analyst > University of Houston > SDowdy@uh.edu > > Assuming 4.10 Inet: you can use setnet from within windows, so start the backend with dummy information : remsql -h dummy -u dummy -p dummy write a program to call setnet, either using C or a batch file etc. Start windows and run this new program. (or setnet for that matter!) You can even put the program in the windows "startup" group to execute it automatically when you start windows. -- Mike Aubury Disclaimer Incorporated