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Re: Setting and using a password in W98


> Q3. Could the contents of c:\Cygwin\cygwin.bat be "officially" tweaked to
> c:\Cygwin\bin\login in order to gain the password-protection that is not
> conferred by the current contents of c:\Cygwin\cygwin.bat, or would this
> change simply induce other, different, equally bad consequences?!
> Fergus

Well, I think bad consequence number 1 would be to give a false sense of
security. (Not to mention having an unneccessary login process running).

Max.



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