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| 1271.1 | | STAR::ORGOVAN | Vince Orgovan | Tue Aug 15 1989 23:06 | 5 |
| No there is no auto-login mechanism within DECwindows. I can see
that such a feature would allow faster startups on a standalone
workstation that was devoted to a single user. Are there other
reasons that you want this feature?
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| 1271.2 | Shared access to locally booted workstations | TALK::COTTAY | Jan 89: US tops 13K total warheads | Thu Aug 17 1989 07:34 | 23 |
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Hmmmm... Since a VAXstation is just a clever terminal, and we never
had any problem using a VT100 in another's office, why not just turn
these stripped-down nodes into autologin engines? There is nothing to
secure really, and anyone who can access WSA0: is already close enough
to break in via OPA0:. All the security checking is done via
DWAPP_NOPROXY and its targets. This eliminates the need for SYSUAF
sharing or tracking or anything. And you'll have a very clever
terminal with the same security features as a VT100.
-piper
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| 1271.3 | | VMSDEV::HENDERSON | VMS Systems Analysis | Tue Aug 29 1989 15:08 | 18 |
| Auto-login would be of great help in many OLTP shops.
Many times, the terminals in a particular department get a particular
top-level menu which meets the needs for, say payroll, and doesn't even
acknowledge the existence of other applications on the host.
In an environment of X-terminals, these buyers of large TP systems
(once they advance from forms technology to windows technology)
will want non-sophisticated data entry clerks (or factory floor workers)
to press a button/key and be 'in their environment'.
(it's all in the name of idiotproofing)
Ken
(of course, on the factory floor, the X-terminal should be oil-proof,
and instead of a mouse: it should have a touch-sensitive screen)
[finger press = MB1 / shift-finger press = MB2 / alt-finger press = MB3]
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| 1271.4 | Single user = many people | 39255::CRAIG | Nice computers don't go down :-) | Wed Aug 30 1989 10:00 | 13 |
| AUTOLOGIN would be a big help for some of our customers who develop
applications with their own security system. Typically, they set up
a single VMS username, in a captive account which drops into the
application, and the security checking is done at that level.
It would also be very nice to have for tradeshows where you want
someone roaming the aisles to be able to press CR, or click on a button
and drop right into a demo.
Bob Craig
DSM Product Group
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| 1271.5 | Other terminal-style features . . . | SEWANE::MASSEY | Wang: 'Daddy, I shrunk the company.' | Sat Sep 02 1989 00:32 | 25 |
| On the subject of terminal-type features for DECwindows, I was talking to a
customer awhile back who had a neat idea for a "watchdog" or "chipmunk"
variant. It seems his users are always walking off and leaving their
terminals logged in, which management considers a security risk, and he's
worried about the same thing happening when they start using workstations.
He wanted to know if there was a way to write a program that would cause
the session manager to pause the user's session after a period of no mouse
or keyboard input. I told him that I didn't think there was, but the idea's
intriguing, especially since this method isn't as drastic as its terminal
variations (no programs get killed, the workstation simply pauses the
session for the "forgetful" user). Does anybody have any ideas on how this
might be implemented?
And while I'm on the subject, I've found myself walking off without pausing
my workstation. Seems Im working away when I get a call, or somebody comes
by, and we talk for fifteen minutes. At that point, I get up to go do
something else, forgetting that I haven't paused my workstation, and not
having any visual reminder because the screen saver's blacked out my
workstation screen. It'd sure be nice to have a mechanism to specify that
the screen saver operate only when the session manager's paused.
If I think about it, I might submit these at the next DECwindows Phase 0.
Steve
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| 1271.6 | | FEATHR::BLUEJAY | War is hell - but THIS is rediculous! | Tue Sep 05 1989 14:20 | 3 |
| Maybe latch something in with the screen-saver? That already seems
to do the if-no-mouse-or-keyboard-input thing.
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