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Password-protected folders
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28/04/2005 18:34:58
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01009180
Message ID:
01009497
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11
>>In a process that runs late at night, I want to access a folder on a server. The folder is be password-protected; when I access through the Explorer, I may or may not be asked for the password, depending on whether I already accessed it after the last restart.
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>>If I access from the VFP program, it may or may not work, for the same reasons - if the password hasn't been supplied yet, VFP will simply say that the folder was not found.
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>>Is there a way to provide the login name and password in a VFP program, for accessing the folder?
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>>Probably the server could be organized differently, but that is not under my control.
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>What tool was used to protect the folder?

Apparently, standard Windows protection.

Server: Windows NT 4. Supposedly, sharing is by user.

I have been told that users accessing from Windows 98 can access without supplying the password (assuming they are users with appropriate rights), but users with Windows XP have to supply a password.
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