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From: steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield)
Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Networked Foxbase/Locked Files
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Date: 12 Jun 91 15:51:42 GMT
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I'm posting to three groups since I'm not sure of the source
of my problem. I'm not currently reading comp.databases, so
if anyone from there responds, please send Email to
steve@violet.berkeley.edu. (Also, I'll be on vacation for
a few days and will acknowledge any responses when I return.)

I'm converting a database from McMax to FoxBase because McMax
isn't compatible with the new system 7. I decided to get the
networked version of FoxBase as long as I was changing over.

I have upgraded only one Mac in our network to system 7; the
one on which the FoxBase version of the database resides.
Yesterday, I experimented with file sharing between the system
7 Mac and a Mac running system 6.04. I had no problem.

Then I went back to the Mac on which the database resides.
I found that I was denied access to many of the program files.
I removed the file sharing from the folder (though it is still
possible to connect remotely). I issued the command "UNLOCK"
at the FoxBASE command prompt. Yet when I try to open those
program files, I get a box saying "File Access Denied."

Has anyone else had this experience or do you know what is
causing this behavior? I'm sure there's a simple explanation,
but I haven't found it yet.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Steve Goldfield
College of Engineering
UC Berkeley