Tamalpais Technologies - The Login Checker (V1.07 (9-21-92)) Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 - All rights reserved 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Introduction 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 One day, I was sitting at my desk at work (I am a MIS / Help Desk manager for a major software company) when the phone rang. It was someone from the Marketing deparment, they were in Excel in Windows and they could not print to the printer, it gave them some error message. I explained to the person (who has great Marketing skills but little computer skills) that the problem most likely was due the fact that she had not logged in. This got me thinking... This was the third call that day for a problem related to the fact that the employee had not logged in. Of course I couldn't blame the employee, the message that they were not logged in flashes by as the rest of their AUTOEXEC.BAT file is executed. I asked myself, why didn't Novell make the login.exe program check to see if you logged in correctly and if not, ask you to try again? So I dusted off my 'C' manuals, turned on my tunes on and got to work on trying to correct this little problem. Hence, the birth of The Login Checker. I implemented it at the company that I work for and after 3 weeks of not having ANY calls related to not logging in (and having no one complain about any problems with The Login Checker itself - could the first try be bug free??) I decided that maybe others could benefit from this handy dandy tool. After only 2 months over 200 people downloaded it from Compuserve, so I must have been right! After having it in place at work for a couple of months I noticed another hidden benefit. Many of the employee's liked to add there login name after the login call in their AUTOEXEC.BAT (saving them from having to type it in). This was great for them but frustrating to the Help Desk staff because if you wanted to do any work setting up there machine you had to either not login (and miss whatever setup pertained to the network in their AUTOEXEC.BAT) or change their AUTOEXEC.BAT and reboot. What a pain. With The Login Checker, all we needed to do was press return at the PASSWORD: prompt and type in our own login name and password instead. Life is good again and we go home smiling now (most of the time!). The Login Checker is simpler in design than most people think. The easiest way to test it and use it is to simply copy the two files (TTLOGIN.EXE and TTLOGIN.CFG) to the LOGIN directory and change your AUTOEXEC.BAT to use TTLOGIN.EXE. If you ever feel the need to login using the regular Novell login, you can always type LOGIN.EXE. I hope you The Login Checker is as useful to you as it was to us. Many thanks to all of you who have send me your comments on the program and those of you who have joined our family of registered users. Please send me any comments you have about the product, good or bad, and any ideas you have that would improve it. Description: 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The Login Checker is a program that is designed to check whether you have logged into a Novell network or not. This is advantageous for several reasons: * Less typing and frustration when logging in. * Less calls to the MIS / System Administration / Help desk - because employees will know when they type their login name or password incorrectly. (Most of the time they do not know they did not login because the login command is part of the autoexec.bat file, so the 'Access denied' message scrolls past before they can read it). * If a station is set up to login with that person's login name (I.E. LOGIN MIKE), pressing return with TTLOGIN will ask you for the new login name, so that if someone else wants to log in to that station (such as System Administrators!) all the network commands in the 'AUTOEXEC.BAT' file that requires network login are still executed. How to Use: 컴컴컴컴컴컴 Copy the two files (TTLOGIN.EXE and TTLOGIN.CFG) into the F:\LOGIN directory (you must be logged in as supervisor to do this). Then type (or add to your `autoexec.bat' file): ttlogin You will need to keep LOGIN.EXE in that same directory. You do need to be in the \LOGIN directory to use this program. If you login without making any mistakes, it will look and act just like regular LOGIN.EXE. If you mistype your login name or password, The Login Checker will ask you if you want to login again. This continues until you either login correctly or answer no to the question. For Experienced System Adminstrators: 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 System Adminstrators can easily give everyone access to TTLOGIN, without having to modify everyone's machines. This is recommended for System Adminstrators that have experience with DOS and Novell. If you do not have much experience, you may want to use the method suggested above. Here's how: * Login as supervisor. * Copy TTLOGIN.EXE and TTLOGIN.CFG into the F:\LOGIN directory. * Using `attrib' or another utility, remove the 'READ ONLY' tag from Novell's LOGIN.EXE program. * Rename the orginal LOGIN.EXE to another name: REN LOGIN.EXE LGN.EXE * Rename TTLOGIN to LOGIN.EXE: REN TTLOGIN.EXE LOGIN.EXE * Use an ASCII editor to change the first line in TTLOGIN.CFG to the new name you gave Novell's LOGIN.EXE (LGN.EXE). * Reset the `READ ONLY' attribute on Novells LOGIN.EXE (now LGN.EXE). This makes it so that if anyone types LOGIN (or it is in an `autoexec.bat' file), it will automatically call The Login Checker. Be careful NOT to delete Novell's LOGIN.EXE. You will need that to log in. If you want to login without using The Login Checker, simply type the new name you gave Novell's (LGN.EXE). System Adminstrators can also modify the second line, which may help to explain to end users which file server they are logging into. Registration: 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Register this product and you will receive: * The very latest version (with extra features) * Information on other Tam Tech products * A clear conscience! The Login Checker is shareware (give one to a friend!), but NOT freeware You must register the copy (and pay the fee) to use it (we do want to eat!) When you register the copy, Tamalpais Technologies will send you the latest version. This copy will include all new features developed so far. Some ideas we may include in the future are: * The ability to check for more than one file server on a network * Ability to explain to end users which server they are logging into (Done, see above) * New features that we dream up before you get it! The cost is: (Simplified! It used to be so complicated!) --------------------------------------------------- Smaller sites: $25 per file server at site --------------------------------------------------- Site License: More than 6 file servers? Total price is $150. Number of Servers Price ______________________________________________ 1 $25 2 $50 3 $75 4 $100 5 $125 6 $150 More than 6 $150 To register the product, please send check, cash or money order to: Tamalpais Technologies PO Box 125 Larkspur, CA 94977 (For information or telephone order, call: (415) 927-0333) You can print an order form for The Login Checker. With your printer on, From the DOS command line type: `ORDER' Paying through Compuserve 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� You can now register Login Checker through Compuserve! It will get billed directly to your Compuserve account. Simply type GO SWR and follow the instructions. When they ask you for a 'Keyword', use `TamTech'. Tamalpais Technologies Complete Satisfaction Guarentee ... 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Login Checker (version 1.07) comes with a 60 day money day back guarentee. If you are unhappy with the product for any reason, Tamalpais Technologies will refund your money in full. Simply call or write TamTech with 60 days of purchase. Suggestions / Support: 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� We welcome suggestions for improved features for The Login Checker, as well as ideas for new utilities you'd like to see. We already have some idea's we are playing with for future releases, such as automatic path correction (so that when you logout your path is returned to it's healthy state), message ability - so that the System Administrator can notify the user what server they are logging into, etc. To contact us, write us at the above address, send us a Compuserve Email (to 73257,2166) or call Tamalpais Technologies at (415) 927-0333. We would like to here from you, so please do write or call us and tell us your complements, problems, or new feature ideas. Disclaimer: 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 This software has been tested thoroughly and is believed to be free of problems, however, software is one of the most complicated kind of product produced by humans. No person can be absolutely and completely certain that a piece of complicated software will work in any given machine and environment. Therefore, you are completely responsible for determining the fitness of this program and Tamalpais Technologies and it's staff are not liable for any damages. Product Revision History: 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Revision History: ****** Version Release Date Change ****** ------------------------------------------------- ****** 1.00 8-17-91 First release ****** No Bugs yet .... ****** (I'm closing my ears!) ****** .................................................................... ****** 1.01 9-11-91 * First Registered version ****** ****** * Added the feature that allows you to ****** use the same login name again. ****** ****** * Removed the 'ESC for info' line for ****** Registered users. ****** .................................................................... ****** 1.02 12-13-91 * Added pop up boxes for the info ****** * Removed the `Tamalpais Technologies' message ****** * Changed it so that the directory in the ****** login script is where you end up after ****** using TTlogin. ****** * Changed it so that you can login from ****** any directory even though you are already logged ****** in. ****** * Included reading TTLOGIN.CFG - Reads ****** Date info, Program Name, Info Line, Reg information ****** This version requires TTLOGIN.CFG in the Login directory ****** ****** .................................................................... ****** 1.03 2-10-92 * Fixed the display bug created by reading in the lines of ****** of text wrong from TTLOGIN.CFG ****** * Now writes "Logging into" before the server line ****** if no name was typed in as a argument. ****** .................................................................... ****** 1.04 2-21-92 * Trying to fix the problem in where the ****** Login Checker conflicts with the programs ****** being executed from the System Login Script. ****** (Problem was NOT fixed, it still conflicts with ****** the 'exit' command in the login script). ****** (This version was never released) ****** ..................................................................... ****** 1.05 3-16-92 * Allows more than one argument to be passed ****** to LOGIN.EXE (You can have up to five now). ****** ****** * Created a way for customers to get rid of the ****** line "Logging into" if they would like. ****** They remove everything from line 2 in TTLOGIN.CFG ****** (make sure there are no spaces) and it will ****** eliminate that line. ****** ****** 1.06 6-16-92 * When you used the 'Drive C:' command in ****** the login script, the login checker ****** tell you that you logged in ****** incorrectly. This is fixed now. ****** ****** 1.07 7-05-92 * Increased the speed of the program when you ****** type in the incorrect password or login name. ****** Also fixed the problem when using the ****** EXIT command in the login script (I think!) ****** Solved ALL problems related to new drive ****** and or directory mappings. ****** ****** ____________________________________________________________________ ****** Known bugs: ****** ****** * NONE (That I know of!) ****** ****** ********************************************************************************** **********************************************************************************