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- PC-Vault Version 4.6
- Hard Disk Protection System
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- (c) Copyright 1985, 1993 by
- Johnson Computer Systems, Inc.
- 20 Dinwiddie Place
- Newport News, VA 23602
- (804) 872-9583
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- Limited Warranty
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- Johnson Computer Systems, Inc. (JCS) warrants that the SOFTWARE
- will perform substantially as described in this manual for a
- period of 90 days of the purchase date. You may return the
- SOFTWARE for a FULL REFUND if, during the 90 day period, you
- remove it from each computer on which it was installed and return
- the original diskette(s) and any manuals in resalable condition
- together with a letter stating that you have retained no copies
- of the SOFTWARE. A FULL REFUND is defined as the lesser of (a)
- the price you paid for the SOFTWARE or, (b) the JCS retail price
- in effect on the date you purchased the SOFTWARE. JCS's entire
- liability and your only remedy is the FULL REFUND defined above.
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- Because of the vast number of combinations of hardware and
- software that may be used with the SOFTWARE, it is impossible to
- be certain that the SOFTWARE will function properly on your
- system. Therefore the SOFTWARE and all documentation are sold AS
- IS. You assume the entire risk of using the SOFTWARE. You are
- STRONGLY ADVISED to make a complete back-up of your data before
- installing the SOFTWARE and to test it thoroughly before using
- it. The seller's salespersons and/or documentation provided by
- JCS may have made statements about the SOFTWARE. Any such
- statements do not constitute warranties and shall not be relied
- on by the buyer in deciding whether to purchase and/or use this
- program.
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- JCS EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EITHER EXPRESS OR
- IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
- MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT
- TO THE SOFTWARE, MANUALS AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTATION. THIS
- WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS.
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- IN NO EVENT SHALL JCS, ITS SUPPLIERS OR RESELLERS BE LIABLE FOR
- ANY OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
- DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF INFORMATION, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF
- BUSINESS PROFITS, OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS ARISING AS A RESULT OF
- USING OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF JCS HAS BEEN
- ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN ANY AND EVERY
- CASE, JCS'S ENTIRE LIABILITY UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THIS
- AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO A FULL REFUND.
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- License Agreement
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- AFTER you have read and AGREED TO the terms of this paragraph and
- the Limited Warranty on the preceding page, you are licensed to
- install the SOFTWARE on the number of computers for which you
- have paid the license fee. Removing PC-Vault from one computer
- and installing it on another is specifically permitted without
- payment of any additional license fee. You may make copies of
- the SOFTWARE only for back-up purposes. You may not make any
- copies of any printed manual.
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- Any form of disassembly or reverse engineering of any portion of
- PC-Vault is explicitly prohibited. You must not export or re-
- export any software licensed from Johnson Computer Systems in
- violation of the laws and regulations of the United States of
- America. Our software may be exported to most countries. If you
- have ANY questions, please contact us.
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- PC-Vault software and manuals are fully copyrighted and Johnson
- Computer Systems, Inc. reserves all rights which are not
- specifically granted in this license.
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- Table of Contents
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- Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
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- License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
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- THANK YOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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- ABOUT THIS MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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- WHAT PC-VAULT DOES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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- RESTRICTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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- USING PC-VAULT MENUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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- PC-VAULT PASSWORDS AND USER NAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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- BEFORE INSTALLING PC-VAULT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- The Logo Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- The HelpUser Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- Pre-installation Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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- HOW TO INSTALL PC-VAULT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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- USING THE PC-VAULT MAIN PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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- HOW TO USE THE MAIN MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
- Installing PC-Vault MS-Windows Support . . . . . . . . . 14
- Changing User Names, Passwords and Attributes . . . . . 14
- Changing a User's Name or Password . . . . . . . . 14
- Setting Password Expiration . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
- Changing number of Different Passwords REQUIRED . . 16
- Selecting Who Can Change Expired Passwords . . . . 16
- Selecting What is Displayed During Definition . . . 16
- Selecting PC-Vault Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
- MAXIMUM floppy boot protection . . . . . . . . . . 17
- DISPLAY password entry asterisks . . . . . . . . . 17
- RELAXED MBR protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
- SIDEKICK compatibility mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
- CTRL-BREAK prohibited during boot . . . . . . . . . 18
- TIME/date change prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
- BLANK screen during LunchBreak . . . . . . . . . . 18
- FREEZE computer during LunchBreak . . . . . . . . . 18
- ALL users may exit LunchBreak . . . . . . . . . . . 18
- SPECIAL display blanking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
- User NAMES are required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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- PC-Vault 4.6 Administrator's Manual - Page 3
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- USER may change his/her name . . . . . . . . . . . 19
- Selecting Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
- Maximum keyboard IDLE time . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
- Minimum number of PASSWORD characters . . . . . . . 19
- Maximum invalid logons before ALARM . . . . . . . . 19
- Maximum invalid logons before LOCKOUT . . . . . . . 19
- SECONDS to wait before auto logon . . . . . . . . . 20
- Alternate KEYBOARD/clock handling . . . . . . . . . 20
- Locking and Unlocking PC-Vault Related Files . . . . . . 21
- Fixed Disk Access When Booting From a Diskette . . . . . 21
- Removing PC-Vault From Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . 21
- The PC-Vault Hot Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
- Selecting Automatic LunchBreak . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
- Controlling Users' Access to Directories [+ Only] . . . 22
- Controlling User access to I/O Ports [+ Only] . . . . . 25
- Controlling Logging of User Activity [+ Only] . . . . . 25
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- USING THE PC-VAULT PROGRAM AFTER PC-VAULT IS INSTALLED . . . 26
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- USING PC-VAULT ON LIMITED SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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- YOUR PC-VAULT FILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
- ACCESS.SYS [+ Only] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
- BRK-CNTL.COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
- CLEANDSK.DRV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
- EXEC.COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
- FLUSHLOG.COM [+ Only] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
- FPERMF.INF [+ Only] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
- LOG.EXE [+ Only] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
- LOGOFF.COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
- MEM-STAT.SYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
- PC-VAULT.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
- PCVCRYPT.COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
- SET-TIME.COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
- VIOLS.COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
- VMOUSE.COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
- WHO.COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
- WIPE.COM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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- OPTIONAL PC-VAULT FILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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- IN CASE OF DIFFICULTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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- HOW TO ORDER PC-VAULT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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- PC-VAULT ORDER FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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- PC-Vault 4.6 Administrator's Manual - Page 4
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- THANK YOU
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- Thank you for investing in PC-Vault (formerly PC-Lock). We
- believe you will find PC-Vault to be an effective and convenient
- security system for your IBM-PC/XT/AT/PS2 or compatible. Version
- 1.1 was reviewed in the June 23, 1987 issue of PC-Magazine and
- listed among "The Best of the Best Utilities." Subsequent
- versions have provided enhanced security and many new features.
- Please note that you are not licensed to use this software until
- you have read and agree to the "Limited Warranty" and "License
- Agreement" located just prior to the table of contents.
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- If you have any suggestions for improvements, please tell us
- about them. While we cannot make every change in either the
- manuals or the programs which has been suggested by our users, we
- do give careful consideration to each suggestion and have
- implemented many of them.
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- ABOUT THIS MANUAL
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- This Administrator's Manual is written for the PC-Vault and/or
- PC-Vault Plus administrator. It provides complete information
- for installing and using both products. The name "PC-Vault" is
- used to refer to both PC-Vault and PC-Vault Plus unless the text
- explicitly states otherwise. Sections which describe features
- which are only available in PC-Vault Plus are indicated by "[+
- Only]".
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- The features of PC-Vault are accessed from a few simple menus.
- This manual describes each menu and provides a detailed
- description of each feature accessible from that menu. Several
- features, such as defining a password, may be accessed from more
- than one menu. These features are fully described along with the
- administrator's main menu.
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- The following optional programs are briefly described in this
- manual:
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- Logo - Allows you to design your own logon screen,
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- HelpUser - Allows granting one-time emergency access
- without knowing any passwords and without
- compromising security.
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- If there is a file named READ-ME.1ST on your distribution
- diskette, please read it before proceeding. It contains
- information on last minute enhancements to the program and its
- associated manuals.
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- WHAT PC-VAULT DOES
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- After you install PC-Vault you will be asked to enter a password
- each time your computer is booted from its hard disk. Just type
- your password and press Enter. The boot process will then
- continue normally. Even when you boot from a diskette, your
- password will be required in order to access the hard disk(s).
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- The PC-Vault LunchBreak feature provides protection for your
- computer when it is running but the operator is not physically
- present. When a computer is in the LunchBreak state:
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- The screen is completely blank,
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- The keyboard, and optionally, the mouse, are locked, and
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- Processing continues normally.
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- This means that a large spread sheet computation, data base
- operation, or other process will continue normally during
- LunchBreak. A "would be" observer will not be able either to see
- or exercise control over the operation.
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- LunchBreak may be activated by pressing the user selectable PC-
- Vault hot key. If you so choose, the LunchBreak feature will be
- automatically activated after a selectable period of keyboard and
- mouse inactivity. When the correct password is entered, the
- screen and keyboard will return to normal operation. This
- feature not only provides protection for the data on the PC's
- hard disk but also protects any mainframe or network to which the
- PC is logged on.
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- As PC-Vault administrator you may:
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- - Prevent users from using Ctrl-Brk to exit AUTOEXEC.BAT,
- - Force each user into a specific application,
- - Prevent users from obtaining a DOS prompt,
- - Change any user's name and/or password,
- - Define a minimum password length,
- - Require users to enter both their user name and password,
- - Require automatic LunchBreak and select a maximum keyboard
- idle time,
- - Remove PC-Vault from the computer,
- - Display a list of illegal logon attempts,
- - Access the hard disk when booting from a diskette,
- - Control several other aspects of PC-Vault operation, and
- - Much more.
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- As PC-Vault Plus administrator you may also,
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- - Grant or deny read/write/execute access to specific hard
- disk directories on a per user basis,
- - Disallow sector oriented disk read/writes,
- - Grant or deny access to serial (COM) and parallel ports,
- - Grant or deny read/write/execute access to diskettes, and
- - Obtain a log (history) of the activity of each user
- including illegal access attempts, programs executed,
- and files accessed.
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- RESTRICTIONS
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- Norton Cache Version 6.0 Only -
- This versions contains a very serious bug which may destroy all
- of the data on your hard disk if you have both Norton Cache
- Intelliwrites and PC-Vault Maximum Floppy Boot Protection enabled
- at the same time. (It may also cause similar problems when used
- with other disk related software products.) This bug was fixed
- in Norton Cache version 6.01 which was distributed free to all
- registered version 6.0 users. We strongly recommend that you
- upgrade to version 6.01 or above on all your machines whether or
- not you plan to use PC-Vault on them.
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- MS Windows -
- PC-Vault may work with Windows versions 1.x or 2.x but we no
- longer explicitly support versions prior to 3.0. Currently, the
- LunchBreak feature does not work reliably when you are in a
- Windows DOS Box. This will be fixed in a forthcoming release.
- If you define your own PC-Vault hot key combination, do not
- include an Alt key if you are using Windows.
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- Stacker Version 3.1 Only -
- In order for PC-Vault's Maximum Floppy Boot Protection Option to
- afford the highest level of security, you must place PC-Vault's
- Device statement following Stacker's device statement in your
- CONFIG.SYS file. Due to a deficiency in Stacker's boot time
- processing, if you have host volumes other than the one you boot
- from, you may have to place a Stacker command to mount their
- compressed volumes in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
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- Non-Standard Sector Size -
- PC-Vault will not install if your hard disk uses a sector size
- other than 512 bytes.
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- Non-DOS Partitions -
- Your hard drive(s) must not contain partitions belonging to
- operating systems other than DOS.
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- FDISK -
- Do not use FDISK or other partitioning software while PC-Vault is
- installed.
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- USING PC-VAULT MENUS
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- Each menu contains the list of functions which you may perform
- when that menu is displayed. You may select any item from a menu
- simply by
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- Pressing the letter displayed in front of that item, or
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- Using the "up" and/or "down" cursor control keys to position
- the light-bar (inverse video bar) over the item and pressing
- Enter.
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- Additional information about a function may be displayed by
- moving the light bar to the item and pressing the "?" key.
- Letters and the "?" may be typed in either upper or lower case.
- Either the Escape or the "E" keys may be used to exit any menu.
- The menus shown in this manual may differ slightly from those
- displayed on the screen due to page size limitations.
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- PC-VAULT PASSWORDS AND USER NAMES
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- All PC-Vault passwords consist of zero to sixteen characters
- (key-strokes). The minimum password length may be set to any
- value from zero to sixteen. User names are optional. If used,
- they must be from one to seven characters in length. User names
- are set by the administrator, and may also be set by the user if
- the administrator has granted that permission.
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- You must enter a password (and at the administrator's option, a
- user name) whenever the computer is booted from the hard disk,
- whenever you wish to exit LunchBreak, and whenever the PC-VAULT
- program is started.
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- If user names are required, begin by entering your user name and
- pressing the Enter key. Then enter your password and press the
- Enter key. If the entry is incorrect you will hear a beep and
- the system will wait for you to start the process over with the
- user name.
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- The backspace key may be used to correct errors in the normal
- manner. The escape key may be used to terminate the present
- attempt and start all over. The Enter key signifies the end of
- your user name or password.
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- After entering a password, you may hear a sequence of "beeps"
- alternating between two tones. This is called an alarm and
- occurs when a number of consecutive incorrect user name/password
- entries have been entered. The number of consecutive incorrect
- entries required to trigger the alarm is determined by the
- administrator. If the number of consecutive errors exceeds
- another limit, also chosen by the administrator, the machine will
- sound the alarm and then lock for five minutes following each
- incorrect entry. Turning the machine off will not influence the
- count of incorrect entries. If the machine is turned off during
- a five minute lock-up, the five minutes will be repeated from the
- beginning when the machine is next re-booted.
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- For more information on user names and passwords, see the section
- on changing passwords on page 14.
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- BEFORE INSTALLING PC-VAULT
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- You may skip this section and go directly to the "INSTALLING PC-
- VAULT" section if:
- You are not using PC-Vault Plus, and
- You only want one password on your computer, and
- You do not have the optional HelpUser or Logo programs.
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- You, as administrator, may select an original administrator
- password and make several other choices about how you want PC-
- Vault to work on your computer(s). This is done by using one or
- more of the three programs described in this section to modify a
- copy of the PC-Vault program itself before you install it. You
- may then use the modified copy to install PC-Vault on one or more
- computers and your administrator password and other selections
- will automatically be in effect.
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- Please place a diskette containing a COPY of the file PC-
- VAULT.EXE in drive A:. Your original PC-Vault diskette is not
- copy protected and may easily be copied using the COPY command.
- The DISKCOPY command will not work, so please use COPY.
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- THE CHOICES YOU MAKE IN THIS SECTION WILL ONLY AFFECT THE COPY OF
- PC-VAULT.EXE THAT IS ON THE DISKETTE IN DRIVE A:. NO CHANGES
- WILL BE MADE TO THE COMPUTER YOU ARE USING.
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- The three programs which may be used are HelpUser, Logo, and PC-
- Vault itself. These programs may be used in any order. HelpUser
- and Logo are optional programs whose functions are described in
- the next two sections. Detailed instructions for using PC-Vault
- to select an initial administrator password and other features of
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- PC-Vault are included in the "Pre-installation Setup" section
- starting on page 9.
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- The Logo Program
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- The Logo program allows you to design the appearance of the user
- name/password request screen that is displayed when you boot your
- computer. You may completely replace our logo and messages.
- Logo provides something similar to a full screen editor which is
- used to design your logon screen. Once it is designed, you may
- save your design to a file which you can recall at any later time
- for additional editing, and/or you may install your design into
- PC-VAULT.EXE replacing our screen with your design.
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- You may wish to install your company's logo, or have a misleading
- screen such as "System Board Error 101". If you are using PC-
- Vault Plus, you might provide very restricted access to anyone
- who desires to use the system and greater access to specified
- users. You could accomplish this by assigning a password of
- GUEST and using Logo to create a boot time message such as,
- "Please enter your password (if you only wish to use the modem,
- enter GUEST)." Complete documentation is provided with the Logo
- program.
-
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- The HelpUser Program
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- The HelpUser program allows a corporate security officer (CSO) to
- grant one time access to a machine without the physical presence
- of the security officer and without either the CSO or the user
- knowing any passwords. Subsequent access to the same or another
- machine will require a new approval by the security officer. The
- CSO will not be able to grant access to machines other than those
- in his organization.
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- Each copy of HelpUser is unique, and may be run in either the
- normal mode or in a special configuration mode. When HelpUser is
- run in the configuration mode, it reads a copy of PC-Vault from a
- diskette, modifies it to work only with that specific copy of
- HelpUser and writes PC-Vault back to the diskette. The modified
- copy of PC-Vault may then be installed on the organization's
- computers.
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- When an individual needs to gain access to a computer, but
- doesn't know a valid password, he must call the CSO and convince
- him/her to grant the access. The CSO then instructs the user to
- start the PC-Vault program with a special parameter. Instead of
- requesting the user to enter a password, PC-Vault will display
- the message:
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- Please read the following string to your
- security officer: AZq9-Q=4.
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- Then enter the EXACT string you receive in return:
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- The string displayed (AZq9-Q=4 in the above example) is randomly
- generated and will be different each time. PC-Vault will use the
- displayed string to compute, but not display, two response
- strings. The CSO must start HelpUser and enter the exact string
- which the user read to him. HelpUser will then display both of
- the responses for which PC-Vault is waiting. One response will
- have the same result as entering the administrator's password.
- The other will have the same result as entering the password for
- User 1. The CSO simply tells the user the string which
- corresponds to the privilege he wishes to grant. Complete
- documentation is provided with the HelpUser program.
-
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- Pre-installation Setup
-
- Pre-installation setup is a simple process that allows the system
- administrator to modify a copy of the PC-Vault main program (PC-
- VAULT.EXE) so that it automatically works as desired on each
- computer on which it is subsequently installed. Pre-installation
- set up is optional for PC-Vault but is required for PC-Vault
- Plus. If the setup is not done, you will be able to use only one
- password. If you do not wish to perform the setup you may go to
- the "HOW TO INSTALL PC-VAULT" section on page 11.
-
- THE PRE-INSTALLATION PROCESS DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION MAKES NO
- CHANGES TO THE COMPUTER USED TO PERFORM IT. IT ONLY MODIFIES A
- COPY OF THE PC-Vault MAIN PROGRAM, PC-VAULT.EXE.
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- To setup PC-Vault, place a diskette containing a copy of the file
- PC-VAULT.EXE (not your original please) in a floppy drive or copy
- PC-VAULT.EXE to a directory on any drive. Then enter:
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- PC-VAULT /P or PC-VAULT /P=Path
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- where Path is the drive/directory where the PC-VAULT.EXE to be
- modified is located. If you use the first form PC-Vault will
- look for PC-VAULT.EXE in the root directory of drive A:. Thus
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- PC-VAULT /P is equivalent to PC-VAULT /P=A:\
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- The screen shown in Fig. 1 will be displayed. Read the screen
- and then press Y to continue pre-installation or N to return to
- DOS.
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- If you have not previously defined an administrator password, the
- pre-installation main menu shown in Fig. 3 will be immediately
- displayed. If you have already done pre-installation setup on
- the copy of PC-Vault in drive A: to define an administrator
- password, the screen shown in Fig. 2 will be displayed. In this
- case you must enter your password in order to get to the screen
- shown in Fig. 3. Please review USING PC-VAULT MENUS on page 6
- for general information on menus.
-
- An original administrator password must be defined prior to
- installation in any of the following situations:
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- - You are using PC-Vault Plus,
- - You wish to have an administrator password, or
- - You wish to have more than one user password.
-
- The P (Define Original PASSWORDS and Names) menu item allows you
- to define original passwords, user names, password lifetimes,
- etc. for each user. Defining an administrator password enables
- PC-Vault's multi-user features. The exact procedure and the
- screens you will see are discussed in "Changing User Names,
- Passwords and Password Attributes" on page 14.
-
- The O (Select OPTIONS) menu item allows you to determine the way
- PC-Vault will operate once it is installed. Any options you
- select at this time may also be selected and/or deselected by
- you, as administrator, after installation. For additional
- information on this subject see "Selecting PC-Vault Options" on
- page 17.
-
- The S (SET Limits) menu item allows you to set bounds on certain
- user selections such as minimum password length, maximum invalid
- logons, and maximum keyboard/mouse idle time before LunchBreak is
- automatically invoked, etc. For detailed information on limits
- see "Setting Limits" on page 19.
-
- The K (Define Hot KEY) item allows you to define the Hot Key
- Combination that will invoke the LunchBreak feature. Simply
- follow the instructions on the screen. Your hot key may be any
- combination of two or more of the Left Shift, Right Shift, Ctrl
- and Alt keys. If you are using Windows, you should avoid using
- the Alt key.
-
- The L (LOCK files during installation) option will cause the
- CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and CLEANDSK.DRV (the PC-Vault device
- driver) files to be locked during installation. Locked files can
- not be altered by anyone other than the system administrator. A
- user cannot delete them or change their names, contents, or
- attributes. For additional information on locked files see
- "Locking and Unlocking PC-Vault Related Files" on page 21.
-
-
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-
-
-
-
- The W (Choose WHO will install PC-Vault) option allows you to
- choose whether the administrator's or user's menu will be
- displayed after PC-Vault is installed. If the administrator's
- menu is displayed, the person who installed PC-Vault will be able
- to change all user names, passwords, options, and limits. In the
- case of PC-Vault Plus, directory access permissions and logging
- levels can also be changed. If the user's menu is displayed, the
- user may change only the User 1 password and perform other
- functions available to all users. If you choose to have the
- administrator's menu displayed, you will be asked if you wish to:
-
- Require the administrator's password to be entered in order
- to install PC-Vault,
-
- Require the installer to choose a new administrator
- password,
-
- Give the installer a choice of either of the above, or
-
- Have PC-Vault install itself without any password being
- entered.
-
- Requiring a password will prevent unauthorized persons from
- installing PC-Vault, and ensure that the installer knows the
- administrator password.
-
- The R (RECORD your choices for later use) option causes the file
- PC-VAULT.EXE in drive A: to be modified to incorporate your
- administrator password and other selections. When you use this
- copy of PC-VAULT.EXE to install PC-Vault on a computer, your
- selections will be written to the computer's hard disk and will
- automatically be in effect.
-
-
-
- HOW TO INSTALL PC-VAULT
-
- Before installing PC-Vault, it is important that you read the
- "Limited Warranty" and the "License Agreement" located just prior
- to the table of contents. You are not licensed to install and/or
- use this program until you have read and agreeg with the terms
- and conditions contained in those sections. Thank you.
-
- While we have a very high degree of confidence in PC-Vault, it is
- impossible to guarantee that any software program will work on
- all the millions of differently configured systems on which it
- may be used. For this reason we ask that you ensure you have a
- current backup of your hard disk before you install PC-Vault. We
- do not anticipate that you will experience any problems in
-
-
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-
-
-
- installing and using PC-Vault, but we do want you to be able to
- recover in the unlikely event a problem does occur.
-
- If you have an earlier version of PC-Vault installed on your
- computer, please remove it by using that version of PC-Vault.
- (NOTE: Your earlier version may have been called PC-Lock.)
-
- You will need to have the file PC-VAULT.EXE on a diskette drive
- or on your hard disk. To install or use PC-Vault simply enter
-
- PC-VAULT
-
- You may need to type the drive letter if the drive containing PC-
- Vault is not the default drive, for example:
-
- A:PC-VAULT or C:PC-VAULT or C:\PCV\PC-Vault
-
- If PC-Vault is not already installed, the menu shown in Fig. 4
- will be displayed. Simply select the "INSTALL PC-Vault" option
- and PC-Vault will install itself on your computer. After PC-
- Vault installation has been completed a screen giving important
- information will be displayed. Please read the entire screen
- carefully. After reading the screen, press any key and a main
- menu will be displayed. Please note that a file named
- CLEANDSK.DRV has been placed in the root directory of your hard
- drive and the line DEVICE=CLEANDSK.DRV has been placed at the
- beginning of your CONFIG.SYS file. Do not delete the file or the
- device statement. They will be removed automatically if you ask
- Pc-Vault to remove itself from your computer. If you wish to
- remove PC-Vault, use the "Remove PC-Vault from this computer"
- option described on page 21. Please DO NOT attempt to remove it
- manually.
-
- The installation process is completed by selecting any desired
- items from the main menu. For a complete description of the use
- of this menu see "HOW TO USE THE MAIN MENU" on page 14. When all
- desired selections (if any) have been made, select the E (END
- THIS PROGRAM) option to return to DOS. Protection is now in
- effect. The LunchBreak feature will not be available until you
- reboot your computer.
-
- If you are using DOS 5.0 or above or are using a memory manager,
- you may wish to install the PC-Vault device driver in Upper
- Memory Blocks (UMB), or in rare instances, you may need to place
- the PC-Vault DEVICE statement at another location in your
- CONFIG.SYS file. You may use any text editor or word processor
- to modify the DEVICE = CLEANDSK.DRV statement and/or to move it
- to the desired location. If you expect to remove and re-install
- PC-Vault from time to time, we suggest placing one of the
- following lines in your CONFIG.SYS file:
-
-
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-
-
-
- Rem CLEANDSK.DRV here
- Rem CLEANDSK.DRV here (High)
- Rem CLEANDSK.DRV here (Special,text)
-
- PC-Vault will place its DEVICE statement immediately following
- any of the above lines. If you are using a DOS 6.0 or above
- multi-section CONFIG.SYS file, you may place one of the above
- lines in each section. If "(High)" is included, PC-Vault will
- use a standard DOS DEVICEHIGH statement. If "(Special,
- text)" is included, PC-Vault will create the following CONFIG.SYS
- line:
-
- Device=text CleanDsk.Drv
-
- This allows automatic creation of Device statements for QEMM or
- other memory managers. For example, using:
-
- Rem CleanDsk.Drv here (Special,c:\qemm\loadhi.sys /r:2)
-
- will create the line:
-
- Device=c:\qemm\loadhi.sys /r:2 CleanDsk.Drv
-
- Later versions of DOS ignore any CONFIG.SYS statement beginning
- with "Rem". Earlier versions will display a message stating that
- they cannot recognize the statement but will otherwise ignore it.
-
- If PC-Vault is already setup as you desire, you may do a quick
- installation by entering:
-
- PC-VAULT /I or
- PC-VAULT /I /W
-
- at the DOS prompt or from within a batch file instead of
- selecting Install from a menu. Use the second form if you wish
- to also install MS-Windows support (described on page 14).
-
-
- USING THE PC-VAULT MAIN PROGRAM
-
- If you run the PC-Vault program when PC-Vault is already
- installed on the computer, you will immediately be asked to enter
- your password. The administrator password or any user password
- may be entered. If the administrator has so required, you will
- also have to enter your user name. As soon as a password is
- correctly entered, one of three main menus will be displayed.
- The PC-Vault Plus administrator's main menu is shown in Fig. 5.
- The PC-Vault administrator's menu is the same except that the
- last three items which control access to directories, I/O ports
-
-
-
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-
-
-
- and logging (audit trail) are not present. The user's main menu
- contains only items E, H, W, P, K, and T.
-
-
- HOW TO USE THE MAIN MENU
-
- For general information on using menus, see "HOW TO USE PC-VAULT
- MENUS" on page 6. You may return to DOS from the main menu by
- selecting the E option or by pressing the Esc key. The following
- sections describe the use of each main menu option.
-
-
- Installing PC-Vault MS-Windows Support
-
- Before using the LunchBreak feature with Windows, you must
- install PC-Vault Windows support by either of two methods: (1)
- Use the /W switch on the PC-Vault command line when you are
- installing PC-Vault, or (2) Select the W option from the main
- menu. This method may be used any time after PC-Vault is
- installed.
-
- Either method will cause PC-Vault to search for your Windows
- directory, add the files DRVR-APP.EXE and DRVR-DLL.DLL to the
- directory, and append the characters "DRVR-APP.EXE" to the load
- statement in your WIN.INI file. If PC-Vault cannot find your
- Windows directory, it will ask you to enter the directory's drive
- and path. If you are using the /W switch you may specify the
- directory by /W=drive:path. For example, if your Window's
- directory is on drive E: and is named MAIN, you may use:
-
- PC-Vault /W=E:\MAIN
-
- If you will be using Windows, do not select the "Freeze Computer
- during LunchBreak" option (page 18) or set the "Alternate
- Keyboard/Clock Handling" limit (page 20) to a non-zero value.
-
- NOTE - It is no longer necessary to select the Special Display
- Blanking option when using a VGA display with Windows.
-
-
-
- Changing User Names, Passwords and Password Attributes
-
- You may change user names, passwords and password attributes by
- selecting the P (Change PASSWORD) option in the main menu. If
- the administrator is using PC-Vault, the screen shown in Fig. 6
- will appear.
-
- - Changing a User's Name or Password
-
-
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-
-
-
- Enter the user number of the user whose name and/or password you
- wish to change. A screen similar to that shown in Fig. 7 will
- allow you to change the name associated with the selected user.
- If you just press Enter, the name will not be changed and you
- will go directly to the password definition screen shown in
- Fig. 8. If you enter a new name you will be asked to enter it
- again to be sure you entered it correctly. The administrator may
- require that user names be entered whenever a password is
- required, so please be certain that you remember your user name.
- If user names have not been assigned, the default names of Admin,
- User 1, User 2, etc., will be used. If you cannot change user
- names, please see "USING PC-VAULT ON LIMITED SYSTEMS" on page 27.
-
- After the name has been defined the upper portion of Fig. 8 is
- displayed. Please read the screen and then enter the new
- password of your choice. If you do not wish to change the
- password, press the escape key. The default password for User 1
- is PASSWORD. There is no default password for other users. The
- example in the figure shows that the user has selected "SECRET-
- STUFF" as the new password. After you enter your password you
- will be asked to enter it one or two more times to be certain it
- has been entered correctly. The lower portion of the screen
- shown in Fig. 8 is then displayed and the new password is stored.
-
- Passwords are stored in an encrypted form such that they cannot
- be decrypted. Whenever you enter a password to gain access, it
- is encrypted and then compared to the stored value. Since it is
- impossible for us to decrypt passwords it is extremely important
- for the administrator to remember his/her password. If the
- password is forgotten and your organization has not already
- purchased and installed the HelpUser program, it will be
- necessary to perform a low level format of your hard disk. If
- you cannot low-level format your hard drive (some IDE drives)
- please call for technical support. We can help you avoid the
- necessity of a low level format, but all of the data on your
- drive will still be lost. If there were another way to get in,
- the security provided by PC-Vault would be seriously compromised.
-
- - Setting Password Expiration
- System security can be enhanced by requiring users to change
- their passwords periodically. If a password's entry in the
- "Days" column is not zero, it specifies the number of days a
- newly defined password remains valid. A value of zero means that
- a password will never expire.
-
- Any time you enter an expired password, you will be required to
- change it before gaining access. A user may try to prevent
- expiration by setting the PC's clock/calendar back. For this
- reason, all passwords are marked as expired whenever the clock
- regresses by four or more hours. Passwords defined during pre-
-
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-
-
-
- installation or user passwords re-defined by the administrator
- expire the first time they are used.
-
- To set password expiration, press E. You will then be asked to
- enter the user number for which the change is to be made. Enter
- the number, or enter "A" to change the value for all users. You
- will then be asked to enter the number of days.
-
- If you have an XT class computer and choose to have passwords
- expire, we can only check for expiration after DOS's clock has
- been set from a custom battery-backed clock/calendar installed in
- your machine. In this case, you MUST have PC-VAULT.EXE on your
- hard disk, and execute it on each boot by placing the line:
-
- PC-VAULT/A
-
- near the beginning of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, but after the
- statement that sets DOS's clock from your battery operated clock.
- This is required for XT class machines only.
-
- - Changing the number of Different Passwords REQUIRED
- Password expiration is ineffective if a user is allowed to change
- to the same password he or she had before. As administrator, you
- can require that a user use several different passwords before
- being allowed to reuse an earlier one. You can specify that up
- to ten different passwords must be defined before the first one
- can be reused.
-
- To define the number of different passwords required, press R.
- You will then be asked to enter the user number for which the
- change is to be made. Enter the number, or enter "A" to change
- the value for all users. You will then be asked to enter the
- number of different passwords required.
-
- - Selecting Who Can Change Expired Passwords
- This option allows the administrator to prevent users from
- changing their password when it expires. This capability is
- provided for use in computer/software rental and similar
- situations. Even when users are not allowed to change their
- expired password, they may still change them before they expire.
- In this case, the changed password will still expire on the same
- date as the original password was set to expire.
-
- - Selecting What Will be Displayed During Password Definition
- You may select what PC-Vault displays during password definition.
- You may choose to display the actual password characters,
- asterisks, or nothing at all by pressing D. If you choose to
- display characters, you will be asked to enter passwords twice
- during the password definition process. Otherwise, you must
- enter it three times.
-
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-
-
-
-
- Selecting PC-Vault Options
-
- Selecting the O (Change OPTIONS) item from the main menu causes
- the screen shown in Fig. 9 to be displayed. Pressing the letter
- in front of the option will change its selection/deselection
- state. Each of the options is described in the following
- paragraphs. Except as noted, option changes are effective
- immediately.
-
- - MAXIMUM floppy boot protection
- This option makes it even more difficult for an unauthorized
- person to break into your computer by erecting a very significant
- additional barrier that they must overcome. Selecting this
- option causes no visible difference in the operation of your
- machine. If you are using or may use Norton Cache version 6.0
- (as opposed to 6.01 or later), please see the VERY IMPORTANT
- note in the Restrictions section on page 5. This option becomes
- effective the next time you boot your computer after you select
- it. Deselecting this option is effective immediately. If the
- words "Not Available" appear by this option, please see "USING
- PC-VAULT ON LIMITED SYSTEMS" on page 27.
-
- - DISPLAY password entry asterisks
- This option controls what is displayed when a password is entered
- in order to gain access. Selecting this option causes an
- asterisk to be displayed for each password character entered. If
- this option is not selected, nothing will be displayed. To
- control what is displayed while passwords are being defined,
- please see "Selecting What Will be Displayed During Password
- Definition" on page 16.
-
- - RELAXED MBR protection
- Your Master Boot Record (MBR) and DOS boot record are areas of
- your hard disk that must be correct before you can boot your
- computer from its hard disk. PC-Vault provides very strong
- protection intended to keep even the most sophisticated viruses
- from writing to these records. Unfortunately, this level of
- protection prevents some anti-virus programs from running.
- Selecting this option weakens the protection afforded by PC-Vault
- in order to allow these anti-virus programs to run.
-
- - SIDEKICK compatibility mode
- This option prevents the computer from responding to Sidekick's
- hot key during LunchBreak. Select this option only if you are
- using Sidekick and you find that the computer responds to
- Sidekick's hot key during LunchBreak.
-
- This paragraph contains a detailed technical description of this
- option so feel free to skip to the next paragraph if you wish.
-
-
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-
-
-
- PC-Vault intercepts both the clock (IRQ 0) and keyboard (IRQ 1)
- interrupts at boot time and again on entry into LunchBreak. Each
- time the clock interrupt is issued, Sidekick determines if any
- program has intercepted the keyboard interrupt since it has. If
- so, it re-intercepts the keyboard interrupt. This is why they
- say it must be loaded last, and why it can see its hot key even
- during LunchBreak. If PC-Vault's Sidekick Compatibility option
- is selected, PC-Vault passes clock interrupts intercepted to the
- IRQ 0 interrupt address that was in effect when its device driver
- was loaded at boot time. This effectively passes clock
- interrupts around Sidekick (and perhaps other TSRs) so that it
- never re-intercepts the keyboard interrupt. This also assures
- that the DOS/BIOS system clock continues to run.
-
- - CTRL-BREAK prohibited during boot
- Selecting this option prevents anyone other than the
- administrator from breaking out of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file during
- boot. Breaks will be disabled until they are enabled by the
- BRK-CNTL.COM file described on page 27.
-
- - TIME/date change prohibited
- Selecting this option will prevent users, but not the
- administrator, from changing the system date and/or time.
-
- - BLANK screen during LunchBreak
- This option causes the screen to become completely blank during
- LunchBreak. If it is not selected, the keyboard will lock but
- the screen will remain active. This allows you to use the system
- to monitor some process while prohibiting observers from
- interfering with the process.
-
- - FREEZE computer during LunchBreak
- This option prevents the computer from continuing to process
- during LunchBreak and is rarely needed. It should not be
- selected if you will be running Windows.
-
- - ALL users may exit LunchBreak
- You may allow any user name/password to be used to exit
- LunchBreak. If this option is not selected, only the
- name/password used to boot the machine and the administrator's
- name/password will be accepted. The permissions in effect will
- be those of the user whose password was used to exit LunchBreak.
-
- - SPECIAL display blanking
- If the "BLANK screen during LunchBreak" option is selected, but
- your VGA or CGA screen will not blank and/or unblank as it
- should, please select this option. A very few non-standard
- display CGA and VGA display adapters require selection of this
- option to blank properly.
-
-
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-
-
-
- - User NAMES are required
- You may require that users enter a correct user name in addition
- to a password. The user must then type a user name followed by
- the enter key and then the corresponding password followed by the
- enter key. After both items have been entered, access will be
- granted, or a beep will sound to indicate that the entries were
- not correct.
-
- - USER may change his/her name
- This option allows a user to change his/her own name. If this
- option is not selected, only the administrator may change a user
- name.
-
-
- Selecting Limits
-
- Selecting this option from the administrator's main menu allows
- you to select certain limiting values which users are unable to
- change. Each of the limits is described in the following
- paragraphs. Except as noted, limit changes are effective
- immediately.
-
- - Maximum keyboard IDLE time
- Keyboard idle time is the time in minutes between the most recent
- keystroke or mouse activity and the time when the machine
- automatically goes into LunchBreak. This limit allows you to
- determine the maximum keyboard idle time a user can specify. If
- the user specifies a time of 61 minutes, automatic LunchBreak
- will never occur. If you set this limit to 10, a user may set
- the actual idle time to any value between 3 and 10 minutes. If
- you are using a mouse see VMOUSE on page 36.
-
- - Minimum number of PASSWORD characters
- This limit allows you to determine the minimum number of
- characters in a password. When you select this limit you will be
- asked to enter a number from 0 to 16. Newly defined passwords
- must contain at least the number of characters you specify.
-
- - Maximum invalid logons before ALARM
- After an excessive number of consecutive unsuccessful attempts to
- boot the computer and/or use the PC-Vault program, an alarm will
- sound. This is also true when exiting LunchBreak if the VIOLS /R
- utility has been loaded as explained on page 33. The alarm
- consists of several repetitions of a two tone signal. Turning
- the computer off between attempts will not keep the alarm from
- working. This limit allows you to select the number of failed
- attempts prior to the alarm being sounded. If you select the
- value zero, the alarm will not sound.
-
- - Maximum invalid logons before LOCKOUT
-
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-
-
-
- After an excessive number of consecutive unsuccessful attempts to
- boot the computer, exit LunchBreak, and/or use the PC-Vault
- program, the machine will lock for a period of five minutes.
- Turning the computer off during a lockout period will cause the
- five minute lockout to be restarted from the beginning on the
- next power up. This limit allows you to select the number of
- failed attempts prior to lockout. If you select the value zero,
- the lockout will never occur.
-
- - SECONDS to wait before auto logon
- This feature is frequently used when it is desirable to allow
- anyone restricted access to a computer while granting specific
- users less restricted access. It is also used to provide for
- unattended automatic boot-up.
-
- Normally, PC-Vault requires that a correct password (and
- optionally a user name) be entered each time the machine is
- booted. If this limit is set to a value other than zero, it
- specifies the number of seconds that PC-Vault will wait for a
- correct entry. If no correct entry is made during the specified
- interval, your computer will automatically boot as though the
- password for User 6 had been correctly entered. The LunchBreak
- feature will be disabled because it is assumed that the user does
- not know the User 6 password, and so could not exit LunchBreak.
- LunchBreak may be re-enabled with the SET-TIME command as
- described on page 32.
-
- This allows you, as administrator, to assign to User 6 those
- permissions, etc. that you wish to provide to anyone who uses the
- computer. Only those users requiring additional permissions will
- have to know a password. Using PC-Vault's ability to prevent
- breaking out of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, will ensure that the
- statements it contains will be executed. The SET-TIME 0 command
- may be used in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to re-enable LunchBreak and
- place the machine into LunchBreak immediately, thus providing for
- a secure unattended boot-up.
-
- - Alternate KEYBOARD/clock handling
- There are a few hardware and software combinations which cause
- the LunchBreak feature to operate incorrectly unless this limit
- is set to a non-zero value. If PC-Vault refuses to go into
- LunchBreak when it should or will not return from LunchBreak
- properly, try using this feature. Do not use this feature if you
- will also be using Windows.
-
- When you select this feature, you will be asked to choose one of
- several software interrupt groups for PC-Vault to use. (You do
- not have to know what an interrupt is to use this feature.) PC-
- Vault will list the values from which you may choose, and even
-
-
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-
-
- give a recommended choice. Changes you make to this limit become
- effective when you reboot your computer.
-
-
- Locking and Unlocking PC-Vault Related Files
-
- These options lock and unlock CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and the
- PC-Vault device driver. (When a file is locked its DOS read-only
- and system attributes are set and the hidden attribute is not
- set.) Only the administrator can change the attributes or the
- name of a locked file. Since the file is read-only, DOS will not
- allow a user to write to or delete the file. (Note: Norton's FA
- utility may tell a user that it has changed the attributes of a
- locked file, but it cannot and does not actually change them
- unless the administrator's password is in use.)
-
-
- Accessing Your Fixed Disk When Booting From a Diskette
-
- It may become impossible to boot from your hard disk due to
- causes unrelated to PC-Vault. For example, if COMMAND.COM is
- accidentally deleted or a defective device driver is installed,
- you cannot boot from the hard disk whether PC-Vault is installed
- or not. You will then have to boot from a diskette and repair
- the problem. This option allows you to access your hard disk so
- that you can repair it. Simply boot from a diskette USING THE
- SAME VERSION OF DOS THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR HARD DISK or a later
- version. Then run PC-Vault, enter the administrator's password
- and select "ACCESS fixed disk after diskette boot." You will be
- told that PC-Vault protection has been temporarily suspended and
- that the next time you boot from a floppy you will have access to
- your hard disk. The next time you boot from your hard disk after
- correcting the problem, full protection will be automatically
- restored.
-
-
- Removing PC-Vault From Your Computer
-
- Selecting the "REMOVE PC-Vault from this computer" option will
- completely de-install PC-Vault. The PC-Vault device driver will
- be deleted, the corresponding device statement(s) will be removed
- from the CONFIG.SYS file, Windows support will be removed,
- PC-Vault related files will be unlocked, and changes PC-Vault
- made to the system areas of your hard disk will be restored. The
- MEM-STAT.SYS and/or MEM_STAT.SYS file(s) (page 30) and the
- FPERMF.INF file (page 29) will not be removed because they
- contain information that may be used when PC-Vault is re-
- installed.
-
-
-
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-
-
-
- The PC-Vault Hot Key
-
- The PC-Vault hot key is used to place your computer in
- LunchBreak. (For more information on LunchBreak, see "WHAT PC-
- VAULT DOES" on page 4.) The hot key is actually a combination of
- two or more keys held down simultaneously.
-
- The original hot key consists of the left and right shift keys.
- You may change it to any combination of two or more of the
- following keys: Left Shift, Right Shift, Alt, and Ctrl. PC-
- Vault distinguishes between the left and right Ctrl and Alt keys,
- but you cannot have both Alt or both Ctrl keys in your hot key
- definition at the same time.
-
- NOTE: MS-Windows converts the right Ctrl key into the left Ctrl
- key. Therefore do not use the right Ctrl when defining a hot key
- which will be used from within MS-Windows. Do not include an Alt
- key when using MS-Windows.
-
- To change your hot key, select the K (Define new hot KEY) option
- from the main menu. The hot key selection screen shown in
- Fig. 11 will then be displayed. Simply follow the directions on
- the screen and your new hot key will be in effect for all users.
-
-
- Selecting Automatic LunchBreak
-
- You may choose to have your computer automatically enter the
- LunchBreak state when your keyboard and mouse have been idle for
- a specified period from 3 to 60 minutes. If you select a time of
- 61 minutes, automatic activation of LunchBreak is disabled and
- your computer will go into LunchBreak only when the hot key is
- pressed. If you find that PC-Vault places the maximum value you
- can enter below 61, the system administrator has selected that
- lower value as described on page 19. If you are using a mouse
- see VMOUSE on page 36.
-
- To select, deselect, or change the automatic LunchBreak time,
- choose the I (Select maximum keyboard IDLE time) item from the
- main menu. The screen shown in Fig. 12 will then be displayed.
- Simply enter the desired time and press Enter. The time you
- select will be effective for all users.
-
-
- Controlling Users' Access to Directories [+ Only]
-
- If you are using PC-Vault Plus, you may control each user's
- access to the sub-directories on your hard disk(s), to sector
- oriented hard disk I/O, and to diskettes. These functions are
- accomplished by selecting the "Control DIRECTORY access by user"
-
-
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-
-
-
- item from the administrator's main menu. When this item is
- selected, a table similar to the one shown in Fig. 13 will be
- displayed. Access rights assigned to a root directory apply only
- to that directory, while those assigned to a first level sub-
- directory also apply to all of its sub-directories.
-
- In all cases except HardDisk Abs I/O (described below), you may
- separately grant access rights to .EXE and .COM files (programs)
- and to all other files. The access that may be granted are
- "Read" and "Write", and in the case of programs, "Execute".
-
- READ access means that program can read data from files. WRITE
- access means that files can be created, written to, over written,
- renamed, deleted, and have their attributes changed. EXECUTE
- access means that files containing programs can be executed. For
- example, if the WordPerfect word processor program is a file
- named WP.EXE, it may be executed only by user's having Execute
- access to it. Execute access does not imply read access. Thus,
- if a user has only execute access to WP.EXE, the command,
-
- COPY C:WP.EXE A:WP.EXE
-
- will fail because the copy command is not allowed to read the
- file.
-
- Some programs such as WordPerfect sometimes modify themselves.
- If you are using DOS 3.1 or above, PC-Vault will always allow an
- executing program to read and write itself even if the access is
- not explicitly granted. In versions of DOS prior to 3.1, PC-
- Vault cannot determine exactly which file is executing and so the
- access is denied if it is not explicitly granted. Thus,
- WordPerfect running under DOS 3.1 or above will be allowed to
- modify itself even if Write permission has not been granted.
-
- Some programs are designed to read and/or write files that they
- require to be in the same directory as the executing program. If
- you wish to prevent such programs from being copied, grant only
- Execute access to .EXE/.COM files but full access to other files.
- Alternately, you could deny Write access to diskettes.
-
- All users are always granted read access to the file named
- AUTOEXEC.BAT in the root directory of the hard drive from which
- the system was booted. This is done to allow all users to
- execute AUTOEXEC.BAT when the system is booting.
-
- As shown in Fig. 13, the table begins with three special lines
- which do not contain directory names. The first line, labeled
- "Diskette Access," allows you to control user's access to
- diskettes. The permissions you grant apply to all directories in
- drives A: and B:.
-
-
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-
-
-
- A very few programs ask DOS to read/write specific physical
- locations on the disk rather than performing operations on files.
- If such a program can find the physical location of a file, it
- may be able to read data from the file even if the user does not
- have read access to its directory. The second line, labeled
- "HardDisk Abs I/O" allows the administrator to control this type
- of access. Preventing the access may prevent some programs from
- running, but will result in a more secure system. We suggest
- that you do not grant this access unless you find that the user
- must run a program that requires it. The column labeled
- .EXE/.COM is not applicable to absolute I/O.
-
- The "New Level 1 Dirs" line allows you to specify the permissions
- each user will be automatically given in newly created level 1
- directories and their sub-directories. A user may create a new
- 1st level sub-directory only if you allow that user write
- permission to new level 1 sub-directories. Write permission to
- the root directory is not required. (A user may create new sub-
- directories at other levels if he/she has permission to write to
- its parent. For example a user having write permission to
- C:\INVEST is allowed to create C:\INVEST\TBILLS).
-
- Please note that in rare instances a program that runs well when
- PC-Vault Plus is not installed will fail to run correctly when
- PC-Vault Plus is installed. This does not necessarily indicate
- an error in PC-Vault Plus. For instance, a program may try to
- change the attribute of a file from read-only to read-write. If
- the user has not been granted appropriate access to the file's
- directory, DOS will return an "access denied" error. It is
- possible that the program may not handle the error correctly.
- This bug in the program may never have been noticed because the
- program never encountered that error before.
-
- A sample directory access control table is shown in Fig. 13. The
- first two lines allow control of diskette and sector oriented I/O
- access. The remaining lines control access to the root and first
- level sub-directories of your hard drive(s). Access granted to a
- root directory applies only to that directory. Access granted to
- a first level sub-directory applies to that directory and all of
- its sub-directories. Each column shows the access currently
- granted to the user whose name appears at the top of the column.
- User names are assigned using the PASSWORD option of the main
- menu. In the example shown, user 1 has been assigned to TheBoss
- and no name has been assigned to user 2.
-
- The cursor control, page up, page down, home, and end keys may be
- used to move the highlight bar from one position to another.
- Pressing the R, W, and X keys will toggle (turn on and off) read,
- write, and execute permissions respectively. To grant/deny all
- permissions in the highlighted square, press A or N respectively.
-
-
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-
-
-
- Pressing Ctrl with R, W, X, A, or N, will grant/deny the
- corresponding access to all directories (the entire column).
- Similarly, using the Alt key will affect all users' access to
- that directory (the entire row). Thus, if a user is to be
- granted access to almost everything, begin by moving the bar to
- the user's column and press Ctrl-A. Then remove the undesired
- accesses. Attempting to move the bar off the screen will cause
- more users or directory names to be displayed.
-
- When you have the access permissions set as you desire, press the
- escape or the "E" key to return to the main menu. If no new
- directories have been created since you last booted the computer,
- your selections will be in effect immediately. If this is not
- the case, you will be notified that your selections will be
- effective when you re-boot your computer.
-
- Controlling User access to I/O Ports [+ Only]
-
- Selecting "Control I/O PORT access by user" causes the table
- shown in Fig. 14 to be displayed. You may enable/disable each
- user's access to parallel (printer or LPT) ports and each serial
- (COM) port. Please note that if your system uses a serial mouse,
- you must leave its port enabled in order for the user to use the
- mouse.
-
-
- Controlling Logging of User Activity [+ Only]
-
- Choosing the "Select FILE accesses to be logged" item from the
- main menu causes the table shown in Fig. 15 to be displayed. You
- may then select which type(s) of file access you wish to log.
- Access types which may be selected are Denials, Program
- Executions, and All Other accesses.
-
- Denied accesses occur when PC-Vault Plus refuses to grant a
- requested access. For example, an attempt by a user to delete,
- write to, or change the name or attributes of a file in a
- directory to which the user has read only access will result in a
- denial. It is not possible to select logging of denied accesses
- for the administrator because all administrator access requests
- are granted.
-
- The following lines, extracted from an actual log, indicate the
- type of information that is available to the administrator:
-
- Log file starting date is 4-04-89
- 17:18:43 User 2 - Allowed: Open. C:\COMMAND.COM
- 17:18:40 User 2 - ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ RE-BOOT on 4-04-89
- 17:18:41 User 2 - Allowed: Open. C:\DOS3.31\ANSI.SYS
- 17:18:44 User 2 - Allowed: Open. C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
-
-
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-
-
-
- 17:18:44 User 2 - Execute: ExecPrgm. C:\SAV-DTAB.COM
- 17:18:55 User 2 - NotAlwd: Change Dir. C:\CBH\
- 17:19:02 User 0 - Allowed: Change Dir. C:\CBH\
- 17:19:39 User 0 - Allowed: FCB Rename. C:\CBH\SPC\EV.CFG
- 17:20:15 User 2 - Allowed: Open. C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
- 17:20:15 User 2 - Allowed: Open. C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
- 17:20:27 User 2 - NotAlwd: Create. A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
- 17:20:53 User 2 - Allowed: Change Dir. C:\DOC\
- 17:21:08 User 2 - Allowed: FCB Delete. C:\JNK
- 17:21:41 User 1 - ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ RE-BOOT on 4-04-89
- 17:21:41 User 1 - Allowed: Open. C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
- 17:21:41 User 1 - Execute: ExecPrgm. C:\SAV-DTAB.COM
- End of log file.
-
-
- A small portion of each line was deleted so that it would fit on
- one line in this document. This portion indicates if files were
- opened with write access, etc. The above sampescribed on page 29
- to produce a file similar to the sample above.
-
- ACCESS.SYS is created as a locked file. The administrator can
- unlock this file by using the command FLUSHLOG /U. For more
- information on locked files see "Locking and Unlocking PC-Vault
- related files" on page 21.
-
-
-
- USING THE PC-VAULT PROGRAM AFTER PC-VAULT IS INSTALLED
-
- Whenever you run the PC-Vault program on a machine on which PC-
- Vault is already installed, you will be asked to enter your
- password. When you enter a correct password, the appropriate
- main menu will be displayed. If you enter any user password the
- main menu will contain only the items to which users have access.
- You may then select any of the options shown. Each of these is
- described in detail in the preceding sections. Your selections
- will be effective immediately except for Alternate Keyboard/Clock
- Handling which become effective the next time the machine is
- booted.
-
- When the system is in LunchBreak, the password used to boot the
- computer or the administrator's password may be used to exit
- LunchBreak. The administrator may choose to allow any user
- name/password to exit LunchBreak as described on page 18. The
- permissions and capabilities normally associated with the
- password used to exit LunchBreak will then be in effect. If you
- hear a two-tone beep when exiting LunchBreak, there are recorded
- password violations. (Someone may have tried to get into your
- computer while you were away.) For information on how to view
-
-
-
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-
-
-
- the violations record, see the description of the VIOLS utility
- on page 33.
-
-
- USING PC-VAULT ON LIMITED SYSTEMS
-
- Some small hard disks which have been set up with older DOS
- versions or computer vendor proprietary versions of DOS do not
- allow PC-Vault to implement Maximum Floppy Boot Protection, or
- user names. On such systems, the words "Not Available" will be
- displayed with the "Maximum Floppy Boot Protection" option in the
- "Select Options" menu, and user names will not be displayed when
- the administrator is defining passwords (see Fig. 5).
-
- There will be no change in the way you use PC-Vault on such
- systems, but they will not be quite as secure. Using a later
- version of the DOS FDISK command to set up your hard disk will
- probably correct the problem. Setting up your disk with FDISK
- will destroy all of the data on your disk, and will require that
- you run the DOS FORMAT command to reformat your disk.
-
-
-
- YOUR PC-VAULT FILES
-
- This section describes each of the files on your PC-Vault
- distribution diskette, as well as those files created by PC-Vault
- during or after installation.
-
-
- - ACCESS.SYS [+ Only]
- This PC-Vault Plus file is not on your diskette. It is created
- in the root directory of your first (or only) hard drive at any
- time it does not already exist and there are log entries to be
- written. This file is used by the LOG utility to generate the
- user readable log. The LOG utility is described below.
-
-
- - BRK-CNTL.COM
- This program is used to enable/disable Ctrl-Break, Ctrl-C, and
- Alt-NumericPad3 at any time after your computer is booted. The
- system administrator can prevent users from breaking out of the
- AUTOEXEC file during system boot. This program can be placed in
- the AUTOEXEC file to re-enable breaks. Use BRK-CNTL ON to
- enable breaks and BRK-CNTL OFF to disable them.
-
- Resident programs, such as some of the DOS keyboard utilities for
- various languages which completely take over the keyboard
- interrupt, will cause your machine to recognize breaks even when
- you have them disabled. They will also prevent PC-Vault from
-
-
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-
-
-
- "knowing" when you are typing on your keyboard. Thus, if you
- have selected the automatic LunchBreak feature, PC-Vault may go
- into LunchBreak right while you are typing. To prevent both of
- these anomalies you may also use the optional RES parameter. This
- will direct BRK-CNTL to remain resident. For example,
-
- BRK-CNTL ON RES
-
- will enable breaks and cause BRK-CNTL to remain resident. The
- RES parameter should be used after the resident program which
- takes over the keyboard and should be used only once per system
- boot.
-
-
- - CLEANDSK.DRV
- This file is a device driver. It is not on your PC-Vault
- diskette, but is created on your hard disk when you install PC-
- Vault. It will be automatically deleted when you remove PC-
- Vault. THIS FILE MUST NOT BE DELETED IN ANY OTHER WAY BECAUSE
- YOUR COMPUTER WILL NOT BOOT FROM ITS HARD DRIVE UNLESS IT IS
- PRESENT.
-
-
- - EXEC.COM
- This program allows the system administrator to execute a program
- for a user and prevent the user from escaping to the DOS prompt
- or executing any other program. Typically, EXEC would be placed
- in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to call a program such as 123, DBase, or
- WordPerfect into execution. The EXEC command line has the form:
-
- EXEC [/R] [/Ln] [/Tn] drive:\fullpathname\prog.ext param-list
-
- The square brackets indicate the three optional parameters (or
- switches). Do not enter the [].
-
- For example, placing the following lines in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
- will force users (but not the administrator) into WordPerfect to
- begin editing file LETTER.FRM. The WordPerfect "Go to DOS"
- command will not work.
-
- .
- .
- WHO
- IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO ADM
- EXEC C:\WPERF\WP.EXE LETTER.FRM
- :ADM
- .
- .
-
-
-
-
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-
-
-
- Note that you must give the drive, full path and complete name of
- the program you wish to execute. In the above example the
- program is WP.EXE in directory \WPERF on drive C:. See the
- description of the WHO utility below for more information.
-
- The /R parameter cause the program being executed (WP.EXE in the
- example above) to be restarted if it terminates. Thus if you use
-
- EXEC /R C:\WPERF\WP.EXE LETTER.FRM
-
- and the user terminates WP.EXE, it will be immediately re-
- started.
-
- Occasionally it is necessary for a program to start and execute
- another program. This is called a child program. The /Ln
- parameter allows the program started by EXEC to execute another
- program, which may execute another program, etc. to a depth of n
- levels. Thus if EXEC /L1 started a menu program (level 0), the
- menu program could execute any number of other programs (all at
- level 1). The level 1 programs started by the menu program could
- not execute any other programs because a depth of level 2 would
- not be allowed. The n may be any number from 0 (the default)
- through 9.
-
- The /Tn parameter allows a total of n programs to be executed,
- additional execution attempts will fail. The n may be any number
- from 0 (the default) through 9. This parameter is necessary to
- start Windows 3.1, for example, because it asks DOS to execute 2
- or 3 programs (Standard or 386 modes) during its startup. Once
- started Windows could execute any number of Windows programs, but
- no DOS programs since that would exceed the selected value of a
- properly chosen n.
-
- - FLUSHLOG.COM [+ Only]
- This PC-Vault Plus utility causes any log entries remaining in
- memory to be written out to the ACCESS.SYS file as described in
- the section on log control on page 25. ACCESS.SYS is created as
- a locked file. The administrator may use the command FLUSHLOG /U
- to unlock ACCESS.SYS and write any remaining log entries to it.
-
- - FPERMF.INF [+ Only]
- This file is re-created whenever PC-Vault Plus directory access
- permissions are changed and is not deleted when PC-Vault Plus is
- removed. It will be used to recover the directory permissions
- the next time you install.
-
-
- - LOG.EXE [+ Only]
- This PC-Vault Plus utility is used to read the log file produced
- by PC-Vault Plus and generate a user readable log or journal of
-
-
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-
-
-
- the users' activity. A sample of the output from this utility is
- shown in the section on log control on page 25. To use this
- utility enter
-
- LOG in-file-name out-file-name
-
- at the DOS prompt. For example one might use the commands
-
- FLUSHLOG
- RENAME C:\ACCESS.SYS OLDLOG
- LOG OLDLOG PRN
-
- to flush any log entries remaining in memory to the disk, ensure
- (by renaming) that no new log entries will be added to the file,
- and write a user readable log of system activity to the printer.
- 4DOS users please note that LOG is an internal command to 4DOS so
- you will need to type drive:\path\LOG.
-
-
- - LOGOFF.COM
- The LOGOFF utility provides a means for one user to log off and
- another to log on without having to re-boot the computer. For
- PC-Vault Plus, this file should be placed in a directory having
- EXEC permission for all users. Typing LOGOFF at the DOS prompt
- will clear the screen, and display a box requesting the user to
- press any key to begin the logon process. When a key is pressed,
- the boot time logon screen will be displayed. Any valid user
- password will be accepted. PC-Vault will then control the
- machine just as though the corresponding user had booted it.
-
-
- - MEM-STAT.SYS and/or MEM_STAT.SYS
- These small files contain information about the state of your
- hard disk(s) before the first installation of PC-Vault. They can
- be used for disaster recovery, and have allowed us to help users
- to recover from a number of problems which had nothing to do with
- PC-Vault.
-
- If they do not already exist, these files are created when PC-
- Vault installs but are not deleted when PC-Vault is removed. We
- suggest that you allow them to remain on your disk if you may re-
- install PC-Vault at a later time. Please do not copy them from
- one hard disk to another.
-
-
- - PC-VAULT.EXE
- This is the main PC-Vault program and is described in the
- preceding sections of this manual.
-
- - PCVCRYPT.COM
-
-
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-
-
-
- PcvCrypt allows you to encrypt or decrypt one or more files using
- a key of your choice. It will optionally overwrite (wipe) the
- disk space formally occupied by the file you encrypted or
- decrypted.
-
- You may use PcvCrypt by entering the following command at the DOS
- prompt:
-
- PCVCRYPT /direction /K=key /W filespec1 filespec2 ...
-
- When you enter a PcvCrypt command, you will actually type the
- upper case letters shown. You will replace the lower case
- letters with specific values as follows:
-
- direction E to encrypt, or
- D to decrypt
-
- key A three to eight character key. Keys may contain
- letters, numbers, and the characters - = * , . and ?.
- Keys are not case sensitive.
-
- /W This optional parameter may be placed before any
- filespec in the list. All files following the /W
- will be wiped.
-
- filespecn File(s) to be encrypted/decrypted. Filespecs may
- contain a drive, a path and wild cards in the file
- name.
-
- Here are some examples of valid PcvCrypt commands:
-
- PCVCRYPT D K=WHOKNOWS SECRET.BIG
- pcvcrypt d k=whoknows secret.big
- PcvCrypt d K=WhoKnows secret.big
-
- PcvCrypt e K=Shhh /W secret*.* *.ans c:\priv\letters\*.*
- PcvCrypt e K=Shhh secret*.* /W *.ans c:\priv\letters\*.*
-
- Since PcvCrypt is not case sensitive, all three commands in the
- first group are considered identical. They each decrypt a file
- named SECRET.BIG using WHOKNOWS as the encryption key.
-
- The two commands in the second group encrypt all files in the
- current drive and directory whose names begin with SECRET or end
- with .ANS. They also encrypt all files that are in the
- \PRIV\LETTERS directory on drive C. The first command wipes all
- of the disk areas containing the unencrypted data. The second
- wipes only the unencrypted data that was in *.ANS and
- C:\PRIV\LETTERS\*.*.
-
-
-
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-
-
-
- You will be prompted to enter any of the required parameters
- which are missing from the command line.
-
- While PC-Vault must be installed when using PcvCrypt, PcvCrypt
- keys are entirely separate from PC-Vault passwords. You may make
- up any key you wish to encrypt a file. When decrypting a file
- you MUST supply the same key that was used to encrypt the file.
- If you cannot remember the key used to encrypt your file, IT
- CANNOT BE DECRYPTED and the data will be PERMANENTLY LOST.
-
- If you omit K=, you will be prompted to enter it. When you are
- entering a key in response to a prompt, your PC-Vault selection
- controlling what is displayed during password definition will
- also control what is displayed as you enter your
- key. If you have requested that actual characters be displayed,
- you will be asked to enter your key twice. If you have requested
- that asterisks or nothing at all be displayed, you will be asked
- to enter it three times.
-
- Each time PcvCrypt encrypts or decrypts a file (called the source
- file), it creates a temporary file named PCVCRYPT.TMP in the same
- directory as the source file and encrypts or decrypts the source
- file to the temporary file. If wipe has been requested, the area
- occupied by the source file is then overwritten. The source file
- is deleted and the temporary file is renamed to the same name as
- the source file. The last modification date and time of the
- original source file is preserved. This is the date and time
- displayed when you use the DOS DIR command.
-
- If you are using PC-Vault Plus, you must have write permission in
- the directory containing the files to be encrypted or decrypted.
-
- - SET-TIME.COM
- With this program you can:
- Set the keyboard/mouse idle time from a batch file,
- Re-enable LunchBreak after automatic logon,
- Place the machine into LunchBreak immediately, and
- Eliminate incompatibilities caused by other programs.
-
- To set the idle time from a batch file or from the DOS prompt,
- use the command: SET-TIME time
- where time is any value between 3 and 61 minutes (or the maximum
- allowed by the system administrator). For more information on
- automatic LunchBreak see "Selecting Automatic LunchBreak" on page
- 22. To place the computer into LunchBreak immediately, use
- SET-TIME 0 from the DOS prompt or from a batch file. This will
- not alter the maximum keyboard idle time setting.
-
- To return the idle time to the current default (selected from the
- PC-Vault main menu), use the command: SET-TIME D.
-
-
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-
-
-
-
- - VIOLS.COM
- PC-Vault records each unsuccessful attempt to enter a password or
- a user name/password combination. Such attempts are called
- "violations". When a correct password is entered, PC-Vault
- erases the record of any violations which occurred during the
- immediately preceding two or three minutes. This prevents
- recording "typos" made by a valid user.
-
- The record of each violation contains the user number of the name
- entered (if any), and the date and time of the violation. When
- booting the computer, the DOS clock has not yet been set, so we
- must use the hardware clock. Since XT class machines do not have
- a standard hardware clock, we cannot record the times on these
- machines. We do, however, keep a record of each violation.
-
- This program has three separate functions related to password
- entry violations. One, two or all three of the functions may be
- used on a single execution of VIOLS.COM. The command:
-
- VIOLS /L=FileName /C /R
-
- will perform all three functions. The "/L" will generate a
- report of any recorded violations and give the date and time that
- you last logged on. If a date and time when you know you weren't
- on the computer are displayed, it is an indication that someone
- else may know your password. If "=FileName" is present, the
- report will be written to the file specified by "FileName". If
- it is not present the report will be written to the screen. The
- "/C" will remove (clear) all entries from the violation record.
- If both /L and /C are present, the record will be cleared after
- the report is generated.
-
- The "/R" will cause VIOLS.COM to remain resident. This should
- not be done more than once per system boot. Violations during
- LunchBreak will not be recorded unless VIOLS is resident. In
- addition, the alarm and Lockout features will not work during
- LunchBreak unless VIOLS is resident.
-
- VIOLS terminates with a DOS error level of 8 if an error occurs,
- an error level of 4 if violations are reported, and 0 otherwise.
- The following statements in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file would
- automatically install VIOLS as resident and alert the user to any
- previous violations:
-
- VIOLS /L /R
- IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 4 GOTO CONTINUE
-
- ECHO WARNING --- Violations are listed above
- PAUSE
-
-
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-
-
-
- :CONTINUE
-
-
- - VMOUSE.COM
- This utility causes the automatic LunchBreak feature to treat
- mouse activity as keyboard activity. It also prevents anyone
- from using the mouse while your computer is in LunchBreak.
- VMOUSE should be loaded after your mouse driver. If your mouse
- driver is a device driver (commonly MOUSE.SYS or MSCMOUSE.SYS)
- place a VMOUSE statement near the beginning of your AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file. If your mouse driver is loaded from your AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file, place the VMOUSE statement immediately after the statement
- that loads your mouse driver. NOTE: PC-Vault Windows Support
- provides these capabilities while Windows is running. Thus if
- you use your mouse only while you are in Windows, you do not need
- to use VMOUSE.
-
-
- - WHO.COM
- This utility allows the AUTOEXEC or other batch files to do
- different things for different users. WHO will always return the
- user number as a DOS error level, or will return an errorlevel of
- 255 if PC-Vault is not installed. In addition WHO /L will
- display the name of the user, and WHO /E will set the DOS
- environment variable PCVU to the name of the current user. (Any
- spaces in the name will be deleted.) For more information on DOS
- errorlevels and environment variables and IF statements, please
- see your DOS manual.
-
- The error level facility of the WHO program may be used by
- structuring your AUTOEXEC file as shown in the following example.
- Upper case characters indicate actual lines of the AUTOEXEC file.
-
- .
- .
- commands common to all users
- .
- .
- WHO
- IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO ERROR
- IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO USER2
- IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO USER1
- .
- .
- commands to be executed when the
- administrator's password was used.
- .
- .
- GOTO COMMON
- :USER1
-
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- PC-Vault 4.6 Administrator's Manual - Page 36
-
-
-
- .
- .
- commands for user 1
- .
- .
- GOTO COMMON
- :USER2
- .
- .
- commands for user 2
- .
- .
- GOTO COMMON
-
- :ERROR
- .
- .
- commands to be used when PC-Vault is not
- installed or User 3 or above logged on.
- .
- .
- :COMMON
- .
- .
- commands common to all users
-
- The environment variable facility may be used as follows:
-
- WHO /E
- IF %PCVU%==TheBoss GOTO SomeLabel
- IF %PCVU%==User2 GOTO SomeOtherLabel
-
- - WIPE.COM
- When you use the DOS ERASE or DEL commands to delete a file, DOS
- merely changes the first letter of the file name to a special
- character. The special character indicates that the file has
- been deleted and that its directory entry and disk space can be
- reused when they are needed. That is why files can be so easily
- unerased. Even after the directory entry is reused, many
- programs can search currently unused disk areas looking for the
- "deleted" information.
-
- The WIPE utility provides a secure method of deleting files.
- WIPE overwrites the data so that it can no longer be recovered.
- It then clears the file name, date, length and starting disk
- location from the directory entry.
-
- The format of the WIPE command is:
-
- WIPE filespec1 filespec2 filespec3 .... or,
-
-
- PC-Vault 4.6 Administrator's Manual - Page 37
-
-
-
- WIPE or,
- WIPE /?
-
- Each file spec may include a drive and a path in addition to a
- file name. You may list up to 50 filespecs on the command line.
- If you give no filespecs, you will be prompted for them. If you
- use the /? as in the third format shown above, a help screen will
- be displayed.
-
-
- OPTIONAL PC-VAULT FILES
-
- These programs, available separately, are designed to work with
- PC-Vault.
-
-
- HELPUSER.COM
- This optional utility allows a corporate security officer (CSO)
- to grant access to a PC-Vault protected computer on a one time
- basis. The CSO does not need to know any passwords, does not
- need to be physically present, and cannot grant access to another
- organization's computers. For more information see "The HELPUSER
- Program" on page 8.
-
-
-
- LOGO.EXE
- This optional utility allows the system administrator to design
- the appearance of the screen when the system is booted. Our
- standard logo may be completely replaced with one of your own
- design. The use of color is supported. For more information see
- "The Logo Program" on page 8.
-
-
- IN CASE OF DIFFICULTY
-
- The fastest way to solve most problems is to review the
- appropriate section(s) of this manual.
-
- If the problem might be a conflict with other resident software,
- try renaming your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to another name such as
- AUTOEXEC.1, and then rebooting your computer. If the problem
- disappears, rename the AUTOEXEC file back to its original name
- and then remove statements one at a time until the conflicting
- software is identified. Call for technical support if more help
- is needed.
-
-
-
-
-
-
- PC-Vault 4.6 Administrator's Manual - Page 38
-
-
-
- In the event that you should need technical support please:
-
- 1. Corporate customers using PC-Vault on a large number of
- computers are supported ONLY through their corporate PC
- support staff. We will provide technical assistance to them
- as needed.
-
- 2. Contact us by phone (804) 872-9583, or call our BBS at (804)
- 877-6261. Foreign customers only may also FAX us at (804)
- 874-8090.
-
- 3. Please be prepared to provide:
- a. Your serial number,
- b. The dates and times shown by doing a DIR of the PC-Vault
- diskette,
- c. The EXACT text of any error messages displayed,
- d. The selection status of each item in the Options menu,
- e. The value of each item in the Limits menu, and
- f. As much information about your system as possible such as
- brand, model, hard disk(s), video cards, DOS version,
- resident software, content of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and
- CONFIG.SYS files, etc.
-
- If you do not have this information available when you call,
- we will most likely be unable to provide correct answers or
- solutions, and we may have to request that you call again
- with more complete information.
-
- 4. If at all possible, call when you are at the computer in
- question. We can most often resolve a problem immediately
- if you can be at the computer while we are talking together.
-
-
-
-
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-
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-
-
-
- PC-Vault 4.6 Administrator's Manual - Page 39
-
-
-
- HOW TO ORDER PC-VAULT
-
-
- PC-Vault version 4.6 may be ordered from:
- Johnson Computer Systems, Inc.
- 20 Dinwiddie Place
- Newport News, VA 23602
- Voice (804) 872-9583
- FAX (804) 874-8090
- BBS (804) 877-6261
-
- We accept: Your personal or company check with your order,
- Money Orders,
- Purchase orders over $50.00 (Net 30 days),
- VISA or MasterCard, and
- COD orders (USA only).
-
- Orders are usually shipped within one working day, but may occasionally take longer.
-
- The price of PC-Vault consists of the following:
-
- 1. A license fee which is dependent on the number of computers on which you wish to have PC-
- Vault concurrently installed:
-
- No. of Concurrent PC-Vault License PC-Vault Plus
- Installations per Computer per Computer
-
- 1 - 5 30.00 90.00
- 6 - 15 26.00 75.00
- 16 - 99 22.00 55.00
- 100 - 999 18.00 Call
- 1000 - Up 15.00 Call
-
- 2. A media fee of $8.00 ($12.50 outside the U.S. and Canada) for each PC-Vault diskette and
- bound manual you wish us to ship to you. We only require you to buy one diskette and
- manual.
-
- 3. There is an additional $5.00 collection fee for Canadian checks not payable through a U.S.
- bank and a $15.00 fee for electronic fund transfers. All other foreign checks MUST be
- payable through a U.S. bank.
-
- We pay shipping via First-Class air mail to all locations. Add actual shipping costs for other carriers.
- Overnight service is also available.
-
- All prices are subject to change without notice. Our warranty and your return privileges are in the "Limited
- Warranty" and "License Agreement" located just prior to the table of contents.
-
-
-
-
- PC-Vault 4.6 Administrator's Manual - Page 40
-
-
-
-
- PC-VAULT ORDER FORM
-
-
- To: Johnson Computer Systems, Inc.
- 20 Dinwiddie Place
- Newport News, VA 23602
- Voice (804) 872-9583
- FAX (804) 874-8090
-
- Please accept our order for PC-Vault version 4.6 as indicated below:
-
-
- ______ Concurrent Installations of PC-Vault $_________
-
- ______ Concurrent Installations of PC-Vault Plus _________
-
- ______ PC-Vault diskette(s) and printed manuals(s) _________
- ($8.00 each, $12.50 outside U.S./Canada)
-
- ______ Logo ($50.00 per organization) _________
-
- ______ HelpUser ($100.00 per organization) _________
-
- Shipping charge - Free if we choose the method. _________
- (See the preceding page.)
-
- Virginia State Sales Tax (Ship/Bill address in VA) _________
-
-
- Total Order _________
-
-
- Purchase Order _________________________ Date __________________
-
- Company Name ____________________________________________________
-
- Attention _______________________________________________________
-
- Dept./Mail Stop _________________________________________________
-
- City, State, Zip ________________________________________________
-
- Phone: Voice ______________________ FAX ________________________
-
-
- Credit card: VISA MasterCard
-
- Name on Card ___________________________________________________
-
- Card Number ______________________________ Expires: ___________
-
- PC-Vault 4.6 Administrator's Manual - Page 41
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- ∫ PC-Vault Hard Disk Protection System - Version 4.5+ ∫
- ∫ (C)Copyright 1987,92 by Johnson Computer Systems, Inc. ∫
- ∫ 20 Dinwiddie Place, Newport News VA. (804) 872-9583 ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ PC-Vault Pre-Installation Setup ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ You have chosen the pre-installation set up option. The ∫
- ∫ selections you make will be recorded in the PC-Vault main ∫
- ∫ program on the diskette in drive A:. When you use that copy ∫
- ∫ of the program to install PC-Vault, you will be installing it ∫
- ∫ with your selections already in effect. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ The next screen will display a list (menu) of the selections ∫
- ∫ you can make. If you use the cursor control keys to move the ∫
- ∫ marker to any item and press the ? key, additional ∫
- ∫ information about that item will be displayed. (This is true ∫
- ∫ for all PC-Vault menus.) ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Please place the diskette containing the copy of PC-VAULT to ∫
- ∫ be modified in drive A: and then press any key. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Do NOT use your original PC-Vault diskette. ∫
- ∫ ∫
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- Fig. 1 - Pre-installation Notice
-
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- ∫ PC-Vault Hard Disk Protection System - Version 4.6 ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Are you CERTAIN the diskette in drive A is a COPY? ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Please press Y or N. ∫
- ∫ ∫
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- Fig. 2 - Pre-installation Warning
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- ∫ PC-Vault Hard Disk Protection System - Version 4.6 ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ An administrator password has already been assigned to this ∫
- ∫ file. You must enter that password to make additional ∫
- ∫ changes. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Do you wish to continue? (Please enter Y or N) ∫
- ∫ ∫
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- Fig. 3 - Pre-installation Password Request
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- ∫ ∫
- ∫ PC-Vault Pre-Installation Setup Menu ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Please press the LETTER in front of the option you wish. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ E. END this program. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ H. HOW to use this menu. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ R. RECORD your choices for later use. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ P. Define original PASSWORDS and names. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ O. Select OPTIONS. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ S. SET limits. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ K. Define HOT Key. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ L. LOCK files during installation. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ W. Choose WHO will install PC-Vault. ∫
- ∫ ∫
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- Fig. 4 - Pre-Installation Main Menu
-
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- ∫ PC-Vault Hard Disk Protection System - Version 4.6 ∫
- ∫ (C)Copyright 1988 by Johnson Computer Systems, Inc. ∫
- ∫ 20 Dinwiddie Place, Newport News VA. (804) 872-9583 ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ PC-Vault is not installed on this computer. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Please press the LETTER in front of the option you wish. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ E. END this program. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ H. HOW to use this menu. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ I. INSTALL PC-Vault. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
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- Fig. 5 - PC-Vault Installation Menu
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- ∫ PC-Vault Administrator's Main Menu ∫
- ∫ Please press the LETTER in front of the option you wish. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ E. END this program. ∫
- ∫ H. HOW to use this menu. ∫
- ∫ W. Install WINDOWS support. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ P. Change PASSWORD, Set display attributes. ∫
- ∫ O. Select OPTIONS. ∫
- ∫ S. SET Limits. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ L. LOCK PC-Vault related files. ∫
- ∫ U. UNLOCK PC-Vault related files. ∫
- ∫ A. ACCESS fixed disk after diskette boot. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ R. REMOVE PC-Vault from this computer. ∫
- ∫ K. Define new hot KEY combination. ∫
- ∫ T. Set keyboard idle TIME. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ D. Control DIRECTORY access by user. ∫
- ∫ I. Control I/O PORT access by user. ∫
- ∫ F. Select FILE accesses to be logged. ∫
- ∫ ∫
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- Fig. 6 - PC-Vault Plus Administrator's Main Menu
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- ∫ PC-Vault Name and Password Definition ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Please press: ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ 0-12 to change a password and/or name. ∫
- ∫ E to set password lifetimes, after which they EXPIRE. ∫
- ∫ W to choose WHO can change expired passwords. ∫
- ∫ R to set the number different passwords REQUIRED. ∫
- ∫ D to choose char DISPLAYED when defining a password. ∫
- ∫ Enter to return to the main menu. ∫
- ∫ ? for help. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Allowed to change expired passwords: Administrator, User ∫
- ∫ Displayed during password definition: Actual Characters ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ User Name Days Recycle User Name Days Recycle ∫
- ∫ 0. Admin 0 0 7. User 7 0 0 ∫
- ∫ 1. User 1 0 0 8. User 8 0 0 ∫
- ∫ 2. User 2 0 0 9. User 9 0 0 ∫
- ∫ 3. User 3 3 2 10. User 10 0 0 ∫
- ∫ 4. User 4 0 0 11. User 11 0 0 ∫
- ∫ 5. User 5 0 0 12. User 12 0 0 ∫
- ∫ 6. User 6 0 0 ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Please enter your selection: ∫
- ∫ ∫
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- Fig. 7 - Administrator's Name/Password Selection Screen
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- ∫ ∫
- ∫ PC-Vault Name Definition ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ The current name for this user is: Admin ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Press return to retain this name, or enter a new name: Tiny ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Please enter the new name again to be sure its correct: Tiny ∫
- ∫ You may be required to enter this name to gain access. ∫
- ∫ ∫
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- Fig. 8 - Change User Name Screen
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- ∫ ∫
- ∫ PC-Vault Password Definition ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Passwords may be one to sixteen key strokes, and include ∫
- ∫ letters, numbers, and the keys: space - = [ ] ; , . ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Case is not significant. Three special keys are: ∫
- ∫ Backspace - Used to correct an error in the normal way. ∫
- ∫ Return - Means, "Password entry is complete." ∫
- ∫ Escape - Means, "I don't want to enter a password." ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Please enter new password and press return: SECRET-STUFF ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Your new password is defined. Whenever PC-Vault asks for ∫
- ∫ your password, type it in and then press return. You MUST ∫
- ∫ be able to enter it correctly. We suggest you use your ∫
- ∫ print screen key and then keep it in a safe place. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Please press any key to continue. ∫
- ∫ ∫
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- Fig. 9 - Password Definition Screen
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- ∫ Administrator Options Selections Menu ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ Please press the LETTER of the option you wish to change. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ E. END option selection and return to main menu. ∫
- ∫ H. HOW to use this menu, how to get additional help. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ M. MAXIMUM floppy boot protection - Not Selected. ∫
- ∫ D. DISPLAY password entry asterisks. - Selected. ∫
- ∫ R. RELAXED MBR protection. - Not Selected. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ K. SIDEKICK compatibility mode. - Not Selected. ∫
- ∫ C. CTRL-BREAK prohibited during boot. - Not Selected. ∫
- ∫ T. TIME/Date change prohibited. - Not Selected. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ B. BLANK screen during LunchBreak. - Selected. ∫
- ∫ F. FREEZE computer during LunchBreak. - Not Selected. ∫
- ∫ A. ALL users may exit LunchBreak. - Selected. ∫
- ∫ S. SPECIAL Display blanking - Not Selected. ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ N. User NAMES are required. - Not Selected. ∫
- ∫ N. USER may change his/her name. - Not Selected. ∫
- ∫ ∫
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- Fig. 10 - Administrator's Options Menu
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- ∫ Administrator Limits Selection Menu ∫
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- ∫ Please press the LETTER of the option you wish to change. ∫
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- ∫ E. END limit selection and return to main menu. ∫
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- ∫ H. HOW to use this menu, how to get additional help. ∫
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- ∫ I. Maximum keyboard IDLE time (minutes). - Currently 61 ∫
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- ∫ P. Minimum number of PASSWORD characters. - Currently 0 ∫
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- ∫ A. Maximum invalid logons before ALARM. - Currently 5 ∫
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- ∫ L. Maximum invalid logons before LOCKOUT. - Currently 0 ∫
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- ∫ S. SECONDS to wait before auto logon. - Currently 0 ∫
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- ∫ K. Alternate KEYBOARD/clock handling - Currently 0 ∫
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- Fig. 11 - Administrator's Limits Selection Screen
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- ∫ PC-Vault Hard Disk Protection System - Version 4.6 ∫
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- ∫ You may now select the keys which will cause your computer's ∫
- ∫ screen to blank (if selected) and your keyboard to lock ∫
- ∫ until you enter your password. ∫
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- ∫ Please press any two or more of the following keys: ∫
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- ∫ Left Shift Right Shift Alt Ctrl ∫
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- ∫ Hold them down until you hear a two tone beep and you are ∫
- ∫ asked to release them. You will have to hold the keys down ∫
- ∫ approximately four seconds. ∫
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- Fig. 12 - Hot Key Selection Screen
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- ∫ PC-Vault Hard Disk Protection System - Version 4.6 ∫
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- ∫ You may request that your machine automatically go into the ∫
- ∫ LunchBreak state if the keyboard is idle for a specified ∫
- ∫ time period. You may select a time period from 3 to 61 ∫
- ∫ minutes. ∫
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- ∫ A time of 61 minutes means that automatic LunchBreak will ∫
- ∫ never occur. ∫
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- ∫ The current keyboard idle time is 5 minutes. ∫
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- ∫ Please enter new keyboard idle time in minutes: ∫
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- Fig. 13 - Maximum Idle Time Selection Screen
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- ∫ Directory/Area ∫ User 1 ∫ User 2 ∫ User 2 ∫
- ∫ ∫EXE/COM≥ Other ∫EXE/COM≥ Other∫EXE/COM≥ Other ∫
- ÃÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕŒÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÿÕÕÕÕÕÕÕŒÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÿÕÕÕÕÕÕŒÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÿÕÕÕÕÕÕÕπ
- ∫Diskette Access ∫ R-W-X ≥ R-W-X ∫ ----- ≥ -----∫ ----- ≥ ----- ∫
- «ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ∂
- ∫HardDisk Abs I/O∫ ----- ≥ R-W-- ∫ ----- ≥ -----∫ ----- ≥ ----- ∫
- «ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ∂
- ∫New Level 1 Dirs∫ R-W-X ≥ R-W-X ∫ ----- ≥ -----∫ ----- ≥ ----- ∫
- «ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ∂
- ∫C:\ ∫ R-W-X ≥ R-W-X ∫ ----- ≥ -----∫ ----- ≥ ----- ∫
- «ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ∂
- ∫C:\4DOS ∫ R-W-X ≥ R-W-X ∫ ----- ≥ -----∫ ----- ≥ ----- ∫
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- ∫C:\ACR ∫ R-W-X ≥ R-W-X ∫ ----- ≥ -----∫ ----- ≥ ----- ∫
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- ∫C:\ARCH ∫ R-W-X ≥ R-W-X ∫ ----- ≥ -----∫ ----- ≥ ----- ∫
- «ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ∂
- ∫C:\ASP ∫ R-W-X ≥ R-W-X ∫ ----- ≥ -----∫ ----- ≥ ----- ∫
- «ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒ◊ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ∂
- ∫C:\ASSEM ∫ R-W-X ≥ R-W-X ∫ ----- ≥ -----∫ ----- ≥ ----- ∫
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- ∫C:\BRIEF ∫ R-W-X ≥ R-W-X ∫ ----- ≥ -----∫ ----- ≥ ----- ∫
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- Fig. 14 - Directory Access Control Table
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- ∫ ∫ Port Control ∫ ∫
- ∫ ÃÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ—ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ—ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ—ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ—ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕπ ∫
- ∫ ∫ User 1 ≥ User 2 ≥ User 3 ≥ User 4 ≥ User 5 ∫ ∫
- ∫ «ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ∂ ∫
- ∫ ∫ P-1-2-3-4 ≥ P-1-2-3-4 ≥ P-1-2-3-4 ≥ P-1-2-3-4 ≥ P-1-2-3-4 ∫ ∫
- ∫ »ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕœÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕœÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕœÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕœÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕº ∫
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- ∫ Press: Right/Left cursor keys to select a user. ∫
- ∫ P - to toggle access to parallel ports. ∫
- ∫ 1 - to toggle serial port COM1. ∫
- ∫ 2 - to toggle serial port COM2. ∫
- ∫ 3 - to toggle serial port COM3. ∫
- ∫ 4 - to toggle serial port COM4. ∫
- ∫ A - to select all of the above (P, S) ∫
- ∫ N - to select none of the above (P, S) ∫
- ∫ Alt with one of the above makes it apply to all users ∫
- ∫ Esc to save your choices, go to main menu. ∫
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- ∫ If there is a serial mouse, you may wish to grant access to ∫
- ∫ its COM port. Remember that a user may be able to install ∫
- ∫ another device there. ∫
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- Fig. 15 - I/O Port Control Table
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- ∫ PC-Vault Hard Disk Protection System - Version 4.6+ ∫
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- ∫ ∫ Log Control ∫ ∫
- ∫ ÃÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ—ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ—ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ—ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ—ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕπ ∫
- ∫ ∫ Admin ≥ John T. ≥ User 2 ≥ User 3 ≥ User 4 ∫ ∫
- ∫ «ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ≈ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ∂ ∫
- ∫ ∫ ----- ≥ D-X-- ≥ D-X-O ≥ D---- ≥ D---- ∫ ∫
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- ∫ Press: Right/Left cursor keys to select a user. ∫
- ∫ D - to toggle logging of denied accesses. ∫
- ∫ X - to toggle logging of programs executed. ∫
- ∫ O - to toggle logging of all other accesses. ∫
- ∫ A - to select all of the above (D, X, F). ∫
- ∫ N - to select none of the above (D, X, F). ∫
- ∫ Esc to save your choices, go to main menu. ∫
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- Fig. 16 - Logging Control Table