From:	sikwyk AT cs DOT curtin DOT edu DOT au (Wan Kevin Sik)
Subject:	Re: How do I setup user accounts in Win95 ?
6 Mar 1998 22:15:21 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<199803040220.AA07251.cygnus.gnu-win32@ambrose>
To:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

> >Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 01:57:29 +0800
> >From: Kevin Sik <sikwyk AT cs DOT curtin DOT edu DOT au>
> >To: "gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
> >CC: Kevin Sik <sikwyk AT cs DOT curtin DOT edu DOT au>
> >Subject: How do I setup user accounts in Win95 ?
> >
> >Hi All,
> >
> >First of all, if this is in some faq, please kindly point it out to me.
> 
> Well, it was in the FAQ for b18 and I doubt that it has been removed.
> 
> >
> >Is it there a mkpasswd and mkgroup for Win95 ? If not, how can I setup
> >accounts for users ?
> >
> 
> W95 is not a secure environment, so the Win32 api functions that are 
> declared to be NT only will not return a user/password/group or any 
> other related data.  Therefore, it is not possible with W95 ot have 
> mkpasswd or mkgroup work.

Is there anyway of getting around this cause I have to run
WIN95 at work.
> 
> >Any pointers/info/advice will be much appreciated.
> >
> 
> Get WinNT if you want a secured system. 

This is not in anyway related to my question. 
> 
> (This is not said to start any flaming wars, so don't start one).
> 
> >
> >Regards,
> >Kevin
> >
> 
> 
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