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From: aslakson@cs.umn.edu (Brian Aslakson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: AppleShare fileserver problem
Message-ID: <1990Nov6.181118.25753@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 6 Nov 90 18:11:18 GMT
References: <722@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz>
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
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mcolthea@sunc.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Max Coltheart) writes:
> I am running a network consisting of a a IIcx with 80Mb hard
>disk and 12 Mac Pluses, using AppleShare fileserver. For almost
>every application on the hard disk, opening it from one of the
>Pluses prevents it from being opened on any of the others: the
>application is busy is the message.This rather defeats the purpose
>of having a network! What am I doing wrong?    

It's supposed to work that way!  Try running Disinfectant (2.3 is current), it
should work, it is set up that way (it is network aware).

You can get around it in an easy way.  Set up the folders that contain the
applications so that users do not have "make changes" permissions.  Then things
will work fine.  There are other ways, but this should be easiest.  Let me know
if it doesn't work, my AppleShare manual and other references are at home.

Also, the purpose of a net is not necessarily to run applications from!  None
of my users run applications from the server.  They can download applications
if they trash the one on their hard drive, they can share files, and they can
store all of their files on a hard drive that gets backed up every day.  And,
in the case of updates and new software, they can download it from the server
so I don't have to go to all of the hard drives myself.  Please take note how
well this paragraph is aligned.

If you have hard drives on the clients, you can save traffic on the net by
having the applications run on each client.  If you're concerned about people
copying applications, get LaunchBreak, which lets them copy apps all they want,
but the apps won't run except on a Mac hooked up with a LaunchBreak server.

Feel free to correct me if I made a mistake, I don't have my references with
me!

-- 
Brian Aslakson

aslakson@cs.umn.edu
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