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From: phil@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk (Phil Jimmieson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Bozo Bit/File Copying
Message-ID: <1990Aug1.133506.13171@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk>
Date: 1 Aug 90 12:35:06 GMT
References: <24104@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Organization: Computer Science CSMVAX, Liverpool University
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In article <24104@boulder.Colorado.EDU>, holiday@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Matthew Holiday) writes:
<...>
> I am wondering
> if there isn't a way to prevent a file (a program, really) from
> being copied off an AppleShare file server to a client.  THe
> server's volume will be locked, but that only prevents copying
> *to* the server, not from it.  I'm about to have a lab with
> commercial applications available to students, and I'd like
> to cut down on piracy.
> 
> Can anyone tell me if there is a way to prevent such copying?

You can set a nocopy option from the Appleshare Admin program v 2.01.  Go into
Admin on the server, and then choose the "File & Folder Info." menu option
under the "Folders" menu.  Use the file box to choose the application that you
wish to protect and then click the "Get Info" button.  You'll be presented with
a dialog giving info about the program and giving a number of buttons.  Click
the "Copy-Protection" button to set/unset this property.  As far as I know
there is no easy way for anyone to modify this property without using the admin
program on the server - it doesn't show up from ResEdit (or at least it didn't
the last time I checked).  

> Thanks in advance!
No Problem!

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