Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 10:16:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Evan Dickinson <evand AT wsunix DOT wsu DOT edu>
Reply-To: evand AT scn DOT org
cc: OpenDOS Mailing List <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: help with "invalid password"
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On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Mark  F.  Warchol MSW-CAC-AAMFT wrote:

>   Would you need to install #702 for this longfile support driver or can it
> be installed with #701 via a device driver in config?  I search my #702
> files and did not find a longfile.sys driver file?

The long filename program is a seperate download that works with 7.01 (I'm
assuming it works with 7.02 too).  Download from:

http://www.caldera.co.uk/dos/download/lfnb1c.exe

> On 1997-10-28 MPaul AT calderauk DOT com said:
>  MP>On  97/10/28 00:31:18 Robin asked:
>  MP>>i installed the lite version 7.01 and everything works fine. but
>  MP>>erverytime i try to copy a file from floppy to harddisk i receive
>  MP>>the error "invalid password".
>  MP>>can anyone explain me how i can get rid of this ?
>  MP>If you have not actually used the DR DOS style password protection
>  MP>scheme this indicates corrupted directory entries on either your
>  MP>harddisk (target) or your floppy (source). It is most likely, that
>  MP>you have written the files to floppy on a Windows95 system using
>  MP>long filenames. Since LFN use the directory entries in an rather
>  MP>incompatible way, an OS of the DR DOS family could misinterpret
>  MP>them as passwords, being applied to the fil There are several
>  MP>things you can do: - Try installing Caldera s LONGNAME driver to
>  MP>support long filenames under OpenDOS. - If the problem is located
>  MP>on your floppy, I recomment to run an old version (that is before
>  MP>1995) of PC-Tools DISKFIX or Norton Utilities Disk Doctor (NDD),
>  MP>which will most probably report currupted info on the disk. Answer
>  MP>Yes to the queries, if these tools shall correct the problem. They
>  MP>will wipe out the wrong cells in the directory entries with zeros
>  MP>and afterwards, DR DOS family OSes are no longer fooled by
>  MP>misinterpreting the entries. -You can do the same manually using a
>  MP>disk editor like Norton s DISKEDIT. Hope this helps,
>  MP>Matthias


Or you can just boot ms-dos which doesn't use the passwords.  It's not
a good solution if you need to do this allot, but its ok for occasional
problems.

Evan