[ros-dev] Some input please...

[Royce Mitchell III]

Richard Campbell wrote:

> I am currently planning on fixing our User Management code.  Before i 
> do i'd like some advice.
>
> First, We need to decide on some folder names for User Profiles.  I'd 
> recommend a "ReactOS Users" folder or equivalent.  This doesn't 
> interfere with Windows nor older versions of ReactOS.
>
> Second, I'm beginning to understand enough about MSGINA/WinLogon/and 
> the log on process in general that i could probably implement a basic 
> form of user authentication.  However, this will mean that ROS will 
> end up asking for a username/password every time it boots...shall i 
> implement this now and maybe add an #if 0 to skip over it?  Or shall 
> we use some sort of auto login functionality.  (like windows, but the 
> implementation won't be the same, i'm unsure about how windows 
> accomplishes it)

One possibility: Make sure the ability to "auto login" as a user is also 
implemented, and give an option during ros setup to enable it (for now 
anyways).

> Eric Khol has done a good job with alot of the security related stuff, 
> but there is soooo much more to be added, and alot to be changed. (As 
> previously mentioned here and discussed on IRC, Windows does NOT USE 
> environment variables in the registry.  The stuff is hardcoded, 
> registry is set up the first time the user logs on.)
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