Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 16:44:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net>
To: Roger Ivie <IVIE AT cc DOT usu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: [opendos] Disappearing files: Passwords?
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> I've not yet looked with a disk editor to see how passwords are
> implemented under OpenDOS. IIRC (and I never really investigated to find
> out), passwords under MP/M and CP/M+ were implemented by an extra FCB
> associated with the file containing the password; I don't know how MP/M
> marked the file as having an associated password (perhaps one of the
> attributes bits?). I suspect they are implemented similarly in OpenDOS and
> Windows is misreading the attributes because it's seeing something it
> doesn't recognize.
> 

Roger, take a look at the Interrupt List.  It details how Novell
DOS/OpenDOS deals with those things.

g.