Login security

[Nancy Palmquist]

GCC wrote:
> Windows native
> 
> Although I can easily check to get the "username" used to log into the system, I
> am maintaining a separate login and password file for login into a filePro app.
> 
> Since I can't place this name in an environmental variable for use as files are
> accessed, any suggestions as to how to accomplish this in a simple, relatively
> secure manner?
> 
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting 
> 
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I saw one developer that used the user account record as the starting 
point for all things.  They sit on that record and do SYSTEM "dclerk" or 
SYSTEM "dreport" for all things.  Easy to control but I did not like it. 
  It used 2 licenses for each and every user in the current structure.

I use the login each time you access something from the menu method. 
That allows them to drop to the menu when they leave the computer and 
they do not leave the system accessible to another user.  They do not 
have to log off entirely.

For customers with a closed or one-user system and for demo 
installations, I added an Environment variable for login name and 
password to make it work easily in those situations.

Every login attempt is logged to a file, whether it was allowed or failed.

Nancy

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