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From: patel@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Amit Patel )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: password protection of files/folders
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Date: 22 Nov 90 21:17:30 GMT
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Reply-To: sjporte@asc.upenn.edu (Jeff Porten)
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>I suggest that the users carry their own documents on a floppy disk.  I would
>if I was working in such a situation -- I wouldn't trust other users not to
>delete them.  Noone can read a document if the disk isn't in a computer...

This isn't always practical, Phil.  I for one will soon have to make the Mac
that belongs to a group I'm involved with available for public access.  Some
applications I'll have no problem letting people use, but I'd like to password
protect, say, the bulletin board folder, so noone can screw up the work I've
done.  In other words, I need a password system, and your floppy idea just
won't do.



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Jeff Porten, Annenberg School for Communication, UPenn (sjporte@asc.upenn.edu)