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From: eaiu268@ORION.CF.UCI.EDU (David O'Rourke)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Appleshare query about sharing executables
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Date: 2 Mar 88 03:10:42 GMT
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Yes it does, but the Macintosh doesn't have any facility for making files
executable only.  If it's on an Appleshare volume, and you have access to the
folder that it resides in then you can execute it directly off the server.

But if you can see it to execute it, then you can copy it also.  Just as a rule
of thumb, anything you can do on a local hard drive can be done over appleshare
with no changes to the source code of the application.  The only thing
appleshare changes is that it provides folder {read sub-directory} level
protection of files.  You can also protect a file from being deleted by not
allowing users to make changes to a folder.

David M. O'Rourke

{for return address see above, I don't know it myself}