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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!math.fu-berlin.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!regent!monu1.cc.monash.edu.au!monu6!escargot!goanna!munnari.oz.au!ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!u5533129
  2. From: u5533129@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
  3. Newsgroups: aus.computers.ibm-pc
  4. Subject: Re: password software
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec22.082039.4281@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
  6. Date: 21 Dec 92 21:20:39 GMT
  7. References: <767@elli.une.edu.au>
  8. Distribution: aus
  9. Organization: The University of Melbourne
  10. Lines: 13
  11.  
  12. > The problem I have found with all attempts to lock out unauthorised users
  13. > is that you have to invoke your password programme from autoexec.bat.
  14. > Unfortunately any computer-literate user knows that by using ^C they can
  15. > abort
  16. > autooexec.bat and do what they like. Perhaps somebody has a solution to
  17. > this 
  18. > problem.
  19.  
  20.  
  21. Try putting INSTALL=PASSWORD.EXE (or whatever you've called it) in your
  22. config.sys file.  This will require DOS 4 or higher.
  23.  
  24. Peter Summers
  25.