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Subject: Re: Mac Networking advice neededdown 18
Message-ID: <15845.284d5d4c@zeus.unomaha.edu>
From: richm@zeus.unomaha.edu
Date: 5 Jun 91 21:53:16 CST
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In article <2566@cybaswan.UUCP>, csandy@cybaswan.UUCP (Andy Parkman) writes:
> At the Computer Science Dept. of University College Swansea, we have
> recently bought 20 Macintosh LC Colour Bundles for use as an
> undergraduate laboratory. At present we do not have the resources to buy
> something like a Macintosh fx and large disk drives as a file server -
> although we have already bought the LC Ethernet cards and will have
> all the Mac's networked.
> 
> In the meantime I intend to use each machines 40 Mb hard disk to hold a
> 'core' image of required software ( system, word processing application,
> draw application and programming languages ). The said 'image' would be held
> on a seperate hard disk from where it would be re-instated on each machine,
> from time to time.
> 
> * As the Mac is so customisable, how can I prevent undergraduates
>   from altering the configuration set?
> 
> * Is there any facility available to log users in and assign UNIX
>   like user and group identities?
> 
> We also need to provide laser writing facilities, however with our budget
> already over stretched we are very concerned about limiting the amount of
> printing that takes place or at least providing accounting facilities which
> would allow us to charge for usage over a certain level.
> 
> * Is there a package which provides this accounting facility?
> 
> * Given that:
> 
>      - The users of these Mac's will have UNIX usernames and filestores
>      - The UNIX network and the Mac network are linked
>      - Laser writing facility already exist on the UNIX network which
>        provides the required accounting facilities ie pages printed against
>        usernames.
> 
>   Is there a software package that allows user to login and then uses
>   this information to forward printing jobs to the UNIX network so that
>   the job is accounted for properly under the UNIX accounting facility?
> 
> We are currently using System 6.0.7, have System 7.0 but I would prefer not
> to commit the net to System7 until 7.01 or 7.02.
> 
> I would be grateful if you could share some of your experience with me on these
> matters as I don't have much experience of networking the Macintosh, although I
> am a very keen Mac user and a new convert myself.
> 
> Yours hopefully,
> 
> Andy Parkman
> 
> Research Programmer
> University College Swansea
> Tel: (0792) 205678 ext 4519
> e-mail: csandy@uk.ac.swan.pyr ( UK JANET )

To prevent unauthorized changing of the hard drive configuration, look into
FILELOCK by ASD Software (@ $135.00).  It locks access to the system folder
and doesn't allow changes to the desktop config.