Login

Login is a program which provides multiple desktops for WPS. Every user defined desktop can be protected by a password. It doesn't offer any security.

The program uses the emx.dll and emxlibc.dll.

Example: login.exe c:\utils\login\userdata.login c:\os2\pmshell.exe

Installation
To install it correctly, you must do some changes to your config.sys. The modifications are: PROTSHELL=C:\UTILS\LOGIN.EXE c:\utils\login\userdata.login c:\os2\pmshell.exe SET WORKPLACE_PROCESS=YES If you forget it, pmshell won't open your folders or programs or whatever you start automatically. If you forget it, the RUNWORKPLACE will start before you're logged in.
 * FIRST: ADD A CALL=CMD.EXE STATEMENT!! It saves a lot of trouble in the case that something goes wrong.
 * SECOND: Create a backup of your .ini files! Login doesn't modify them, but the WPS does.
 * Replace the PROTSHELL statement with login.exe and the needed parameters. Example:
 * Add following setting:
 * REMOVE the following setting:SET RUNWORKPLACE= 

You should create a new user .ini file with "makeini initial.ini ini.rc", which you set as the default USER_INI file. That's why... you'll see.


 * Create the user data file. Use the userdata.log file as a template. The format is:

First line: The magic cookie for the program. Do not change this line! After this line, every three lines are one user entry. The order is: It's a good idea to add the initial.ini desktop as a service entry.
 * user name
 * password
 * full path and name of the user ini file.


 * How to create a new desktop:
 * Use the makeini utility to create a new user .ini file.
 * Add an entry associated with the new user file to the user data file.
 * Reboot and log in with the new name.
 * The WPS should start with the well-known default desktop for beginners. This is the new one. Now you can change it til it fits to your needs.

Problems

 * If a new USER_INI file is set, the desktop background color and the system settings (like window animation) will not be changed. Therefore you should configure this with the initial.ini desktop for your needs.
 * To have printing capability from every desktop, you MUST install the printer drivers for EVERY desktop separately. This makes sense, because every printer object has its own queue.
 * To get more save operation of the WPS with multiple desktops, every desktop directory tree should be located in its own subdirectory. Example:

User 1: c:\user_1\Desktop - there is the Desktop subdirectory tree for user 1, located normally in c:\desktop or "c:\os/2 2.0 Desktop". Move it with the WPS to this location (important!), but ONLY if it is the active desktop!

User 2: c:\user_2\Desktop - the Desktop tree for user 2. Same procedure as above.

This is my own experience with desktop directories.

Links

 * GitHub Repository