>> Win95 provides no "authentication" by itself. It needs to belong to an NT >> Domain or NDS for this. So, without third party support, you're out of >> luck. > >Not so. Win95 provides "share level" authentication of any local >filesystems you share. That qualifies as authentication.
<sigh> <grin> I *hate* to waste space on Winbloze here.... <grin> However. Without a network server to authenticate you (i.e. "user level" authentication), you can just bypass the login screen by hitting Esc. Once Windows is loaded up, you can still access the "whole" network and even shares on other Win95 computers - no authentication there at all. (Of course, there *is* a level of security - *if* you password protect the shares.....) Windows sucks! Long live Linux!!!!! Unfortunately, my employer - and most of the rest of the "commercial" world - doesn't feel the same way.... <grin>.... I still spend much more time administrating Win95/WinNT every day than I do Linux.... :-( Anyway, let's get back to discussing a real OS, eh? later, Kevin Traas Baan Business Systems Systems Analyst Langley, BC, Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 882-8169 http://www.baan-bbs.ca ------------------- > Linux is not user-friendly. It _is_ user-friendly. It's just not ignorant-friendly or idiot-friendly. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .