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==Description==
WPSac (Workplace Shell Access Control) is a tool that restricts access to the workplace shell to users with a configured user id (comparable with the WinNT logon). It also enables the administrator to restrict access to objects inside the workplace shell of a user. Users may share a workplace shell or use their own. Also it is able to logon to other tools or the LAN via the "Single signon feature".
WPSac (Workplace Shell Access Control) is a tool that restricts access to the workplace shell to users with a configured user id (comparable with the WinNT logon). It also enables the administrator to restrict access to objects inside the workplace shell of a user. Users may share a workplace shell or use their own. Also it is able to logon to other tools or the LAN via the "Single signon feature".


==Features==
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This program package enables OS/2 users to run different desktops on a single machine. It offers a logon panel on startup and a single signon facility to logon at other products in parallel during startup. Its features are:
This program package enables OS/2 users to run different desktops on a single machine. It offers a logon panel on startup and a single signon facility to logon at other products in parallel during startup. Its features are:
* Creation of user specific workplaces
* Creation of user specific workplaces
* Protects objects on the workplace shell of willfully or accidentally destruction
* Protects objects on the workplace shell of willfully or accidentally destruction
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Other features are:
Other features are:
* User specific environment variables
* User specific environment variables
* User specific system startup folders
* User specific system startup folders
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[[WPSam]] is a tool similar to WPSac. It allows to switch the desktop by switching to another OS2.INI file (and OS2SYS.INI). A fullscreen version is also contained (INITOS2)
[[WPSam]] is a tool similar to WPSac. It allows to switch the desktop by switching to another OS2.INI file (and OS2SYS.INI). A fullscreen version is also contained (INITOS2)
===Screenshots===
[[Image:WPSac001.png|200px]]    [[Image:WPSac002.png|200px]]
[[Image:WPSac003.png|200px]]    [[Image:WPSac004.png|200px]]
[[Image:WPSac005.png|200px]]
==Download==
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=WPSac Version 4 -English - German. (1999/10/07)]
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=WPSac-src Source code at Hobbes]
* [https://github.com/OS2World/UTIL-WPS-WPSac Source code at Github]


==License==
==License==
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* [[Klaus Breining]]
* [[Klaus Breining]]


==Links==
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=WPSac Version 4 -English - German. (1999/10/07)]
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=WPSac-src Source code at Hobbes]
* [https://github.com/OS2World/UTIL-WPS-WPSac Source code at Github]


[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:WPS class]]
[[Category:Open Source Software]]
[[Category:Open Source Software]]

Revision as of 19:58, 21 October 2017

WPSac (Workplace Shell Access Control) is a tool that restricts access to the workplace shell to users with a configured user id (comparable with the WinNT logon). It also enables the administrator to restrict access to objects inside the workplace shell of a user. Users may share a workplace shell or use their own. Also it is able to logon to other tools or the LAN via the "Single signon feature".

Features

This program package enables OS/2 users to run different desktops on a single machine. It offers a logon panel on startup and a single signon facility to logon at other products in parallel during startup. Its features are:

  • Creation of user specific workplaces
  • Protects objects on the workplace shell of willfully or accidentally destruction
  • Administrator driven, user specific restriction of functionalities of the workplace shell or its objects
  • Single signon capability (Simultaneous logon of products of different vendors during system logon)

Other features are:

  • User specific environment variables
  • User specific system startup folders
  • Optional limitation of validity interval of passwords
  • Automatic password generation for the single signon feature
  • Logon with magnetic cards or chip cards
  • Grafical user interface for administration program
  • CID enabled installation procedure
  • Support of IBM LAN Server additional to Novell server for storage of LAN wide user profiles

WPSam is a tool similar to WPSac. It allows to switch the desktop by switching to another OS2.INI file (and OS2SYS.INI). A fullscreen version is also contained (INITOS2)

License

  • Open source - BSD 3 Clauses

Author

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