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BootPlus/V3pt1
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1997-07 A.adf » Extras |
| Filename: | BootPlus/V3pt1 |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 096C bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
What is Bootplus ================ Bootplus a program which performs a number of functions * The editing of the !Boot sequence, which includes - Auto run tasks and files - Auto booted tasks - Extended resource applications - Pre-desk set-ups. * Password protection for the main hardrive, with the following features :- - User by user specified access to each top level directory - day/time access by user - Various methods of entering passwords * Creates aliases for any application. This Latest Version (V3.1) ========================== This latest version incorporates changes at the request of some users. Although one major request has not been implemented. The main request (not implemented!) was to split the code into two so that users who did not require passord protections could use !Bootplus without the need for logging on. On the opposite side of the fence there have been requests to improve the password protection mechanism. This application was always intended to be an extended !Boot utility and not a suite of programs. Also, if one considers the security of !Boot then it becomes obvious that if passwords are enabled then !Boot editing MUST be limited. Therefore, !Boot editing and password protection must co-exist. However, there is no reason why we can't disable passwords entirely and be left with a simple !Boot editor. This version basically expands the security wrt passwords and enables these passwords to be switched off entirely so that a simple !Boot editor remains. Two separate programs in one! Bootplus can now be set to pop up instead of the !Configuration application when !Boot is "run" (!configuration as available from within Bootplus) Installation and Upgrade ======================== To install V3.1 follow the instructions in !Bootplus.!help (press <menu> over the !Bootplus icon and select the option Help) To upgrade to V3.1 ensure that the desktop filer force option is set on and then drag and drop the new version over the existing old version. When the new version of !Bootplus starts it will remove the background tasks of the old version and be in a "non password" mode. Simply use the new bootplus options to re-install passwords. You will be prompted for an OWNER password, however, all other existing users passwords will remain unchanged. Post Installation ================= *** Read the file "Important" ***.
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Althou| 00000280 67 68 0a 6f 6e 65 20 6d 61 6a 6f 72 20 72 65 71 |gh.one major req| 00000290 75 65 73 74 20 68 61 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 65 |uest has not bee| 000002a0 6e 20 69 6d 70 6c 65 6d 65 6e 74 65 64 2e 0a 0a |n implemented...| 000002b0 54 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 72 65 71 75 65 73 74 |The main request| 000002c0 20 28 6e 6f 74 20 69 6d 70 6c 65 6d 65 6e 74 65 | (not implemente| 000002d0 64 21 29 20 77 61 73 20 74 6f 20 73 70 6c 69 74 |d!) was to split| 000002e0 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 | the code into t| 000002f0 77 6f 20 73 6f 20 74 68 61 74 20 75 73 65 72 73 |wo so that users| 00000300 0a 77 68 6f 20 64 69 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 72 65 71 |.who did not req| 00000310 75 69 72 65 20 70 61 73 73 6f 72 64 20 70 72 6f |uire passord pro| 00000320 74 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 75 |tections could u| 00000330 73 65 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 70 6c 75 73 20 77 69 74 |se !Bootplus wit| 00000340 68 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 65 64 20 66 6f |hout the need fo| 00000350 72 0a 6c 6f 67 67 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 2e 20 20 4f |r.logging on. O| 00000360 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6f 70 70 6f 73 69 74 65 20 73 |n the opposite s| 00000370 69 64 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 65 6e 63 65 |ide of the fence| 00000380 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e | there have been| 00000390 20 72 65 71 75 65 73 74 73 20 74 6f 0a 69 6d 70 | requests to.imp| 000003a0 72 6f 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 73 73 77 6f 72 |rove the passwor| 000003b0 64 20 70 72 6f 74 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6d 65 63 |d protection mec| 000003c0 68 61 6e 69 73 6d 2e 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 61 70 |hanism...This ap| 000003d0 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 77 61 73 20 61 6c |plication was al| 000003e0 77 61 79 73 20 69 6e 74 65 6e 64 65 64 20 74 6f |ways intended to| 000003f0 20 62 65 20 61 6e 20 65 78 74 65 6e 64 65 64 20 | be an extended | 00000400 21 42 6f 6f 74 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 20 61 6e |!Boot utility an| 00000410 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 0a 73 75 69 74 65 20 6f 66 |d not a.suite of| 00000420 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 2e 20 20 41 6c 73 6f | programs. 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However, the| 00000500 72 65 0a 69 73 20 6e 6f 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 20 |re.is no reason | 00000510 77 68 79 20 77 65 20 63 61 6e 27 74 20 64 69 73 |why we can't dis| 00000520 61 62 6c 65 20 70 61 73 73 77 6f 72 64 73 20 65 |able passwords e| 00000530 6e 74 69 72 65 6c 79 20 61 6e 64 20 62 65 20 6c |ntirely and be l| 00000540 65 66 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 73 69 6d 70 6c |eft with a simpl| 00000550 65 0a 21 42 6f 6f 74 20 65 64 69 74 6f 72 2e 0a |e.!Boot editor..| 00000560 0a 54 68 69 73 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 62 61 |.This version ba| 00000570 73 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 65 78 70 61 6e 64 73 20 |sically expands | 00000580 74 68 65 20 73 65 63 75 72 69 74 79 20 77 72 74 |the security wrt| 00000590 20 70 61 73 73 77 6f 72 64 73 20 61 6e 64 20 65 | passwords and e| 000005a0 6e 61 62 6c 65 73 20 74 68 65 73 65 0a 70 61 73 |nables these.pas| 000005b0 73 77 6f 72 64 73 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 73 77 69 |swords to be swi| 000005c0 74 63 68 65 64 20 6f 66 66 20 65 6e 74 69 72 65 |tched off entire| 000005d0 6c 79 20 73 6f 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 20 73 69 6d |ly so that a sim| 000005e0 70 6c 65 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 20 65 64 69 74 6f 72 |ple !Boot editor| 000005f0 20 72 65 6d 61 69 6e 73 2e 0a 54 77 6f 20 73 65 | remains..Two se| 00000600 70 61 72 61 74 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 20 |parate programs | 00000610 69 6e 20 6f 6e 65 21 0a 0a 42 6f 6f 74 70 6c 75 |in one!..Bootplu| 00000620 73 20 63 61 6e 20 6e 6f 77 20 62 65 20 73 65 74 |s can now be set| 00000630 20 74 6f 20 70 6f 70 20 75 70 20 69 6e 73 74 65 | to pop up inste| 00000640 61 64 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 21 43 6f 6e 66 69 |ad of the !Confi| 00000650 67 75 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 |guration applica| 00000660 74 69 6f 6e 20 77 68 65 6e 0a 21 42 6f 6f 74 20 |tion when.!Boot | 00000670 69 73 20 22 72 75 6e 22 20 28 21 63 6f 6e 66 69 |is "run" (!confi| 00000680 67 75 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 73 20 61 76 61 69 |guration as avai| 00000690 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 77 69 74 68 69 |lable from withi| 000006a0 6e 20 42 6f 6f 74 70 6c 75 73 29 0a 0a 0a 49 6e |n Bootplus)...In| 000006b0 73 74 61 6c 6c 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 55 |stallation and U| 000006c0 70 67 72 61 64 65 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |pgrade.=========| 000006d0 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a |===============.| 000006e0 0a 54 6f 20 69 6e 73 74 61 6c 6c 20 56 33 2e 31 |.To install V3.1| 000006f0 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 73 74 | follow the inst| 00000700 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 69 6e 20 21 42 6f 6f |ructions in !Boo| 00000710 74 70 6c 75 73 2e 21 68 65 6c 70 20 28 70 72 65 |tplus.!help (pre| 00000720 73 73 20 3c 6d 65 6e 75 3e 20 6f 76 65 72 0a 74 |ss <menu> over.t| 00000730 68 65 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 70 6c 75 73 20 69 63 6f |he !Bootplus ico| 00000740 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 |n and select the| 00000750 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 48 65 6c 70 29 0a 0a 54 | option Help)..T| 00000760 6f 20 75 70 67 72 61 64 65 20 74 6f 20 56 33 2e |o upgrade to V3.| 00000770 31 20 65 6e 73 75 72 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 |1 ensure that th| 00000780 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 66 69 6c 65 72 20 |e desktop filer | 00000790 66 6f 72 63 65 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 |force option is | 000007a0 73 65 74 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 0a 74 68 65 6e |set on and .then| 000007b0 20 64 72 61 67 20 61 6e 64 20 64 72 6f 70 20 74 | drag and drop t| 000007c0 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f |he new version o| 000007d0 76 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 65 78 69 73 74 69 6e 67 |ver the existing| 000007e0 20 6f 6c 64 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 2e 20 20 0a | old version. .| 000007f0 0a 57 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 76 65 |.When the new ve| 00000800 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 70 6c |rsion of !Bootpl| 00000810 75 73 20 73 74 61 72 74 73 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c |us starts it wil| 00000820 6c 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 63 |l remove the bac| 00000830 6b 67 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 61 73 6b 73 0a 6f 66 |kground tasks.of| 00000840 20 74 68 65 20 6f 6c 64 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e | the old version| 00000850 20 61 6e 64 20 62 65 20 69 6e 20 61 20 22 6e 6f | and be in a "no| 00000860 6e 20 70 61 73 73 77 6f 72 64 22 20 6d 6f 64 65 |n password" mode| 00000870 2e 20 20 53 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 |. Simply use th| 00000880 65 20 6e 65 77 20 62 6f 6f 74 70 6c 75 73 0a 6f |e new bootplus.o| 00000890 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 74 6f 20 72 65 2d 69 6e 73 |ptions to re-ins| 000008a0 74 61 6c 6c 20 70 61 73 73 77 6f 72 64 73 2e 20 |tall passwords. | 000008b0 20 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 70 72 6f | You will be pro| 000008c0 6d 70 74 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e 20 4f 57 4e |mpted for an OWN| 000008d0 45 52 20 70 61 73 73 77 6f 72 64 2c 0a 68 6f 77 |ER password,.how| 000008e0 65 76 65 72 2c 20 61 6c 6c 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 |ever, all other | 000008f0 65 78 69 73 74 69 6e 67 20 75 73 65 72 73 20 70 |existing users p| 00000900 61 73 73 77 6f 72 64 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 |asswords will re| 00000910 6d 61 69 6e 20 75 6e 63 68 61 6e 67 65 64 2e 0a |main unchanged..| 00000920 0a 0a 50 6f 73 74 20 49 6e 73 74 61 6c 6c 61 74 |..Post Installat| 00000930 69 6f 6e 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |ion.============| 00000940 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 2a 2a 2a 20 52 65 61 64 20 |=====..*** Read | 00000950 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 22 49 6d 70 6f 72 74 |the file "Import| 00000960 61 6e 74 22 20 2a 2a 2a 2e 0a 0a 0a |ant" ***....| 0000096c
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