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Technical term for log in with only password
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02/06/2016 02:33:41
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Visual FoxPro
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>>Hi,
>>
>>I thought I remember reading somewhere that there are terms for applications that have User Name and Password for log in and others that have only Password. Anybody knows these terms?
>>
>>TIA
>
>Hi Dmitry:
>
>The only authentication scheme that comes to my mind related to this is "Single Sign On", on which the same usr/pwd is used for various services.
>
>For just asking a password to the user, then you must take the username from the environment, so technically you already know the user of the open Windows session and just ask the user for the password, but this is some strage validation.
>
>I don't know if what you ask for have a name.

Thank you, Fernando. What Phil Thomas said is what I was looking for.
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