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- !KickBack
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- by R. Pfeifer
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- A simple way of preventing unwanted people getting
- into directories they shouldn't be in: Copy
- !KickBack! into the directory, Shift-double-click on
- it to open it up, load !Boot into !Edit or another
- suitable text editor, and remove the | symbol at the
- start of the first line. Save.
- When !KickBack! triggers, it displays a brief
- message telling people that they shouldn't be in
- this directory, and invites them to press space or
- click the mouse to continue. If they don't respond
- in 2 minutes, it acts as if they have, anyhow. The
- relevant filer window closes and !KickBack! renames
- itself to a filename consisting of horrible symbols.
- This is done so that next time the filer window is
- opened, it triggers again. Sometimes, for unknown
- reasons, it triggers twice. This only happens if a
- subdirectory of the protected one is opened when
- !KickBack! is triggered. This is a very odd thing to
- happen, but sometimes it does.
- If by this time !KickBack! has not triggered, set it
- off now by double-clicking on its icon. It is now
- armed and will turf anyone out of its directory
- immediately.
- The way you get into your protected directory is
- very simple and cannot be changed (as it is a built-
- in feature of the WIMP filer). When you open the
- directory containing !KickBack!, hold down control.
- This prevents its !Boot file from running and the
- protection from operating.
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- N.B. You can rename !KickBack! (or whatever it is
- calling itself at the time) whenever you wish, but
- it is fairly pointless as it will change its name
- again next time it triggers.
-
- It has been designed to pick filenames consisting of
- characters in the ASCII value ranges 192-255, i.e.
- ones rarely used in normal circumstances. However,
- if you use files with names only consisting of such
- characters preceded by a !, !KickBack! may
- accidentally overwrite or damage them, or crash
- itself. But then, if you use file names like that,
- you are a very strange person. Nonetheless, you have
- been warned.
-
- ----- Boring legal bit: -----
- No guarantee is offered concerning functionality of
- this program and the author accepts no liability
- concerning effects, usages, damages or problems with
- or caused by this program.
- Get the message?
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