Ross
Fri Apr 20 15:45:43 CDT 2007
An overview of the CE6 security model can be found here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ce_base/archive/2007/01/02/ce6-module-security.aspx
-Ross
"Valter Minute" <v_a_l_t_e_r.m_i_n_u_t_e@g_m_a_i_l.com> wrote in message
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> Christina Androne <christina.androne@gmail.com> wrote in
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>> hello all
>>
>> does windows ce have the same user rights mechanism as windows?
>> user rights, security groups, user profiles etc. Can I, for
>> example, create a user for the windows ce that can access only
>> several applications, can't delete certain folders etc?
>
> No, Windows CE don't provide this kind of access rights.
> You may build a filesystem filter that interacts with an external
> component to find who's logged in and what operation are allowed for
> that user, but it will require some code, it's not that difficult to
> bypass and can't be used to secure execution of applications that
> are part of your OS image, AFAIK.
> In CE 5.0 you can implement some OAL function to prevent some
> modules from loading or giving them limited access to "dangerous"
> APIs, but this is not based on user authentication and you'll have
> to provide some mechanism to integrate that. In CE 6.0 this
> mechanism has been changed and so you'll have to check wich version
> of CE you need to support and maybe provide a "compatibility" layer
> if you plan to migrate from 5.0 to newer releases.
>
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> Valter Minute
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