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From: csteve@cc.curtin.edu.au (Steve Maddocks)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: AppleShare sharing applications
Message-ID: <4107.271d79fc@cc.curtin.edu.au>
Date: 18 Oct 90 01:46:36 GMT
References: <6443.271c6119@csv.viccol.edu.au>
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
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In article <6443.271c6119@csv.viccol.edu.au>, gjocc@csv.viccol.edu.au writes:
> 
>   I am having trouble runnning applications from an AlisaShare 
> file server. When more than one person tries to use the same copy
> of NCSA Telnet they get the "Application in busy" message.
> 
> Is this a problem with NCSA Telnet or Alisashare?

Neither, really.

> What is the mechanisim that is used to stop multiple users from launching
> the same copy of an application from a server?

The 'Shared' bit setting of the application, I think.

Use ResEdit to select the application (NCSA Telnet), Get Info on it 
and make sure the 'Shared' box is checked. Save your changes.

From memory, you may have to do this with exclusive access to the 
volume, I'm unsure. Certainly you won't be able to do it if someone 
already has the application launched.

It doesn't work with absolutely every application. Some are poorly 
developed from a network sharing point of view. They try to write to 
themselves, insist on user settings documents in the same folder as 
the application etc...

We're sharing NCSA Telnet and its config document quite nicely from an 
AlisaShare volume, it does work.

Hope this helps.
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