Re: Limiting access to a disk partition on IBM PC (seeking)

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From: Eduard Beijnes
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 13:52

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In article <1993Jan6.000409.17761@rei.com> fox@rei.com (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
>David Tal (GSRGAAO@TECHNION.BITNET) writes:
>
>>     I should like to have a program which will allow students access to
>> the C:  partition (with password?), but at the same time will not allow
>> access to the D:  disk partition.
>
>DR DOS has this capability (password-protecting a partition or directory
>or file or whatever), if you don't mind buying DR DOS.
>
>-- 
>#ifdef TRUE        | Fuzzy Fox (a.k.a. David DeSimone)       fuzzy@netcom.com
>#define  TRUE   0  |
>#define  FALSE  1  |  "911 Emercency Rescue Service - Can you hold, please?"
>#endif             |

I lost my original copy of DR-Dos 6 so i could test it anymore (i use dos 5)
but if you run diskedit (norton) you can select the MBR and change
the field describing the partition type into a number which is used
when the partition is not protected.

So the proctetion sucks.

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From: eduard@htsa.aha.nl (Eduard Beijnes)
Subject: Re: Limiting access to a disk partition on IBM PC (seeking)
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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 13:52:59 GMT
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