On Jul 10, 10:13 am, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sparky wrote: > > On Jul 10, 9:58 am, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
Thanks. I suppose I probably should get further down the road and come back with a more specific question. Thanks again, Sam -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
