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HISTORY.TXT FSLOGIN v2
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This document contains information about the history of Full
Screen Login. FSLOGIN version 2 is rewritten because of the
support of NetWare Directory Services (NetWare 4.x) as well as
bindery based servers (NetWare 2.x and 3.x).
2.00a
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Internationalisation code added, as well as German language
support.
Problem with lost drive letter solved when using NETX and a
user is logged in and the new user types in incorrect userid
or password and the user then exits back to DOS.
User Info window in the registered version is now optional.
See also the label :LogText in FSLOGIN.INI.
2.01
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Align= option added to FSLOGIN.INI. This option makes it
possible to automatically center the data entry and messages
windows that are otherwise aligned left at column 9.
Align=0 Do not align left but AutoCenter.
Align=1 Align left.
Logout= option added to FSLOGIN.INI. This option, when
activated, logs a workstation out of bindery connections when
FSLOGIN is started.
Logout=0 Do not logout immediate.
Logout=1 Logout from bindery mode connections immediate.
French language support added.
2.02
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Users can change their password now by using the F6 (Change
Password) function key. A user should fill in the normal data
in the login data window and press the F6 key instead of the
Enter key.
The following items have been added to FSLOGIN.INI for this
feature:
[help] ::Change Your Password
[help] ::Function Keys, F6=ChangePassword
[messages] :PwdUser=
Password synchronization has been added for bindery servers.
This feature originates from FSLOGIN version 1.x and has been
implemented in version 2 as well because of the many questions
we got. Password synchronization is turned OFF by default
because of the impact it can have in large networks.
The following items have been added to FSLOGIN.INI for this
feature:
[syncpassword] SyncResult= and SyncGroup=
[messages] SyncOldPw=, SyncHeader=, SyncHint1=, SyncExit=,
0000=, 0003=, 89D7=, 89D8= and 89FC=.
SyncResult= can have the following values:
0 do not show any result to the user.
1 show a list of messages with one line for each server
that has been processed for a new password.
2 show the same list as with 1, but only when one of the
servers in the group did return an error.
SyncGroup= can have the following values:
0 do not synchronize passwords at all.
1 sync password on ALL servers in the network (be carefull
when you have a large network).
2 use the servers in the list that followes as a 'group' of
servers, on which the new password should be tried.
!DI should have no effect on the default value of the Location
or Server input field. Thank You Perry!
Logout=1 could result in a UNREGISTERED appearance when
FSLOGIN was not installed on the default attached server, but
was started from a drive letter pointing to another server.
Thank You Marcel!
Login in under NDS with a previously used password could
result in an Network Error FF29. Thank You Helène!
2.10
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SyncResult= can have the following values:
0 do not show any result to the user.
1 show a list of messages with one line for each server
that has been processed for a new password. This is the
most complete information.
2 show a list with servers on which synchronization did not
succeed. Only errors that are of some meaning to the user
are displayed, other errors are not shown. To be more
precise: the errors between 0003 and 89DE are shown (See
also: Appendix B of the file README.TXT or the manual).
3 Only servers on which the password was successfully
changed are shown in the list.
A PreProcess option has been added. This option allows the
execution of a program or batchfile before the actual login
script processing. The PreProcess can be, for example, a virus
check program. The bennefit of using the PreProcess option is
the amount of conventional memory that is available compared
to using the '#' statement in the NetWare 2.x or 3.x LOGIN.EXE
program. A preprocess program or batch file can be specified
in the [network] section of FSLOGIN.INI. For example:
[network]
PreProcess=z:\public\preproc.bat
The PreProcess can also be a program or batchfile that is
located in the DOS PATH of the workstation, but specifying an
explicite path is a better way to get the right process
executed. It should be understood that the PreProcess runs
within the trustee rights of the logged in user. The one and
only drive letter that is available during execution of the
PreProcess is drive letter Z:, which points to the SYS:
volume.
An external dimmer program option has been added. The external
dimmer program can be specified in the [presentation] section
of FSLOGIN.INI. For example:
[presentation]
Dimmer=5
DimmerProg=c:\util\pcxview c:\util\company.pcx
These statements result in the loading of a PCX viewer program
that presents a company logo PCX file. When the external
dimmer program end (by user action or otherwise) the FSLOGIN
screen is restored. It should be understood that the amount of
conventional memory is limited, but most PCX viewers can
operate in as less as 100 kilobytes of coneventional memory.
Specifying an alternate login program-name of 7 or 8
characters in the BINLogin= or NDSLogin= statement resulted in
an error. Thank You Helmut!
2.10a
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Bug fixed in INI file string processing. This bug affected
statements like FS_UID=, NDSLogin= etc.
Bug fixed in the UserXList feature. Thank You Larry!
2.11
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Changed the way FSLOGIN.COM checks for a connection. In some
cases, when a connection is no longer valid, FSLOGIN.COM re-
establishes a connection.
2.12
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Better support for Intel Landesk Manager's LANSEL TSR.
Thank You Bert!
Bug fixed for workstations getting a 'No NetWare Shell' error
when the connectionnumber is 256, 512 etc...
Thank You Markus!
Command line parameters are treated differently now. Instead
of invoking LOGIN.EXE with this parameters the Full Screen
part of FSLOGIN is always used. Command line parameters like
Server/Userid are used as default values in the Login Data
form. Examples:
Syntax used: Mode *1)
FSLOGIN MY_SERVER/MY_USERID Bindery
FSLOGIN MY_SERVER/ Bindery
FSLOGIN /MY_USERID Bindery
FSLOGIN / Bindery
FSLOGIN MY_USERID Bindery or NDS
FSLOGIN USERID. NDS
FSLOGIN USERID.CONTEXT NDS
FSLOGIN .CONTEXT NDS
FSLOGIN . NDS
*1) The DOS requester needs to be installed and properly
configured for Bindery and NDS mode. In all other cases
the Bindery mode is used.
The SyncPrompt= statement has been added to the [syncpassword]
section of FSLOGIN.INI. The SyncPrompt= statement determines
if the user is prompted for an old password when the password
synchronization process detects an 'invalid' old password for
a particular server.
SyncPrompt=0 Do not prompt for another old password
SyncPrompt=1 Do ask the user etc...
The FSLSYNC utility is a tool to exclude certain servers from
the password synchronization process. This utility should be
run by the Supervisor once for each server that should not be
involved. Servers that are candidates for exclusion are
special purpose machines like SNA gateways, mail gateways,
routers etc.
(c) Confirm 1993, 1996. All Rights Reserved. Jan. 1996
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