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- A new accounts.library for envoy, V1.0
-
- 1. Why ?
-
- Envoys accounting system has a nice GUI but is rather braindead otherwise,
- because it stores user and group informations in iff files - which makes
- it incompatible with other software like muFS or AmiTCP - and is quite
- insecure because it stores the passwords *unencrypted* !!!
-
- So I have written a new accounts.library that reads user and group info
- from passwd & Multiuser.group files (compatible with muFS 1.5).
-
- 2. How to install
-
- Easy. Delete Envoys Accounts Manager, the User & Group Prefs editors and
- replace the accounts.library. The new library works with or without muFS
- 1.5 (but *not* with other versions of muFS !!!).
-
- If you use muFS, you must
-
- mprotect passwd GROUP r OTHER r add
- mprotect Multiuser.group GROUP r OTHER r add
- mprotect "Services Manager" ure GROUP re OTHER re
- setowner "Services Manager" root
-
- (You have to cd to the respective directories first.)
-
- (The services manager must be run as a root process, or else the Envoy
- filesystem will not work correctly.)
-
- If you are not using muFS, you only need muFS compatible passwd &
- Multiuser.group files. Place them in S: or any other directory you like
- (you must set the environment variable PASSWDDIR to their path if you do
- not place them in S:).
-
- 3. Peculiarities
-
- In addition to those users listed in the passwd file, my new
- accounts.library "knows" a user named "Nobody" (UID 0, GID 0, no password)
- - the AmigaDOS "default user".
-
- 4. Legal stuff
-
- The new accounts.library is freeware. Envoy is TM by Commodore. There is
- *absolutely no warranty*.
-
- 5. Future plans
-
- When muFS 2.0 comes out, I will probably have to rewrite my library because
- Geert is going to change the password encryption. If I have too much time
- (not very likely), I want to write a new network filesystem that works better
- with muFS.
-
- 6. Bug reports
-
- Send bug reports, suggestions, flames et al. to
-
- Internet: nobbi@zaphod.rhein.de
- Fidonet: 2:243/8330.14
- Fido.Classic: 2:2402/330.14
- Gernet: 21:100/50.14
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