Hi Ulrich, > But why not use just one username for all of your client > machines and have the advantage that no stranger could login and > mess with your database? You would configure the user yourself > in the SYSTEM.INI (configure once, copy onto all other clients) > and once you ran NET.EXE on one machine and your password was > saved, you copy the resulting *.PWL file to all your clients > into their MS Client folder. So your doctors are authenticating > to the server without seeing it and without having to do > anything. The PWL file is encrypted, authentication is encrypted > and the database file on the server can be configured to be only > readable and writable by that user. To me this seems pretty > secure and relaxed at the same time.
Great, you thought about everything :-) By the way, the DataPerfect group gave practical suggestions about how to operate the database temporarily without the network while we sort out these issues. They are a very helpful discussion group too. > [..] the TurboPascal "Runtime Error 200" which seems to mean > that the program won't work on computers with a clock speed > faster than 200 MHz Aha! So that's why one of my favorite text editors won't run in some machines; it' the same error message, and it uses the Borland interface too. Thank you! Marcos -------------------------------------- Marcos Fávero Florence de Barros Campinas, Brazil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
