Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!samsung!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!shelby!portia.stanford.edu!jinx From: jinx@portia.Stanford.EDU (Dane Spearing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Bozo Bit/File Copying Message-ID: <1990Aug1.173845.8947@portia.Stanford.EDU> Date: 1 Aug 90 17:38:45 GMT References: <24104@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <1990Aug1.152436.27889@math.lsa.umich.edu> Organization: AIR, Stanford University Lines: 18 In article <1990Aug1.152436.27889@math.lsa.umich.edu> hideg@spsd3260a.erim.org (Steve Hideg (Mr. Fabulous)) writes: >Okay, is there another way to deter casual copying from a machine >(a la bozo bit) that is not a file server (i.e. someone sticking >in a floppy)? > Yes -- MacTools (from the PC Tools Deluxe for the Macintosh package) will allow you to set a "protect" bit that prevents a file from being duplicated. Quite a useful program in general. Centeral Point Software has just come out with a newer version called "Macintosh Tools Deluxe". I've used this feature a number of times on several Mac SE's with 20Mb hard drives to keep people from copying the software. It works great. -- Dane Spearing | Dept of Geology | (415) 723-4092 <---------------------------| Stanford University |------------------------> dane@pangea.stanford.edu | Stanford, CA 94305 | #include