The source appears to be a few lines of QuickBasic. It's basically: * read a password string from file * ask user for the password * if password matches, quit * otherwise, loop
I am not sure it's really useful for now, since it can be bypassed using CTRL+C and/or CTRL+break. Also, it duplicates the functionality of an already existing program we have in the 'util' repo, called 'password' (turbo pascal, not breakable, with logs, NLS-aware, written by me 15 years ago). I don't really see the point in LOCK.EXE for now, but of course when/if it evolves with the other features that were mentioned on the mailing list recently (encrypting user directories and stuff), then it would definitely bring an added value to FreeDOS. Mateusz On 01/23/2015 12:55 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > > On Jan 23, 2015 5:01 AM, "JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU" <jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org > <mailto:jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org>> wrote: > > > > Unfortunately,to my dismay,I found out today while programming the > multi-user system that QBASIC (yes,I program in QBASIC) doesn't support > creating interrupt vectors.Due to that fact,I cannot finish programming > the muti-user system.I apologize for this setback,but it could not be > helped.However,the LOCK.EXE program is finished,I just haven't found a > good server to put it on yet. > > > > If LOCK is free software under the GNU GPL or a similar free license, I > would be happy to put a copy on our ibiblio archive for you. Email me > the zip of the binary+sources, and I'll post it for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA. GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn. Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth. Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant. http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
