Local User Control

[Tim Golden]

Sparky wrote:
> On Jul 10, 9:58 am, Tim Golden <m... at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
>> Sparky wrote:
>>> I don't know how feasible this is, but is it possible to have users
>>> log in to access a local database file in such a way that allows the
>>> program to know what user name and password they logged in with? This
>>> would involve separate user names and passwords for each user.
>> Well, this is a question which is crying out for some
>> context. Are you talking about an existing database
>> on an existing platform? If so, which one? Are you
>> talking about a database youo're thinking of building?
>> If so, the answer's probably yes but only you can
>> know. Are you talking about something else altogether?
>>
>> TJG
> 
> Thanks for the timely response. This would be a database that I am
> building myself. The question comes down to is there a feasible way to
> verify a user's user name and password from inside that database.
> Obviously the file would be encrypted, but if there is going to be
> more than one user using it I suppose there would be a separate file
> for a log-in. I am just asking for some guidance on how this would
> theoretically be implemented.


Maybe someone else on the list has a clearer idea than I do,
but at this distance from an implementation, all I can say is:
yes, I'm sure you can achieve some kind of user authentication.
After all, lots of other products already do. Or is your proposed
db very different?

TJG