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From: dwb@sticks.apple.com (David W. Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Detecting Idle
Keywords: screen dimmer logout idle
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Date: 1 Jun 89 00:50:23 GMT
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In article <1560@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> lih@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Andrew Lih) writes:
>
>I am presently developing a system here at Columbia University to
>provide user authentication before letting a user use a Macintosh.
>This consists of having an INIT that, after having the Mac start up
>the Finder, places a *modal* dialog box on the screen which prompts
>for a username and a password.  When these two are entered, the
>information is sent to a UNIX daemon which checks whether the username
>combo is correct by matching it against /etc/passwd.

	Of course you're removing the floppy disk so they can't boot
from it and then switch launch to the hard disk?  And disabling the
SCSI port so they can't boot their own hard disk...

	David
Opinions:  MINE, ALL MINE! (greedy evil chuckle)

David W. Berry		(A/UX Toolbox Engineer)
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