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From: YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Accounting on an AppleShare server?
Message-ID: <89347.023020YTHPRGDB@MTUS5.BITNET>
Date: 13 Dec 89 07:30:20 GMT
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Organization: Computing Technology Services, Michigan Technological Univ.
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We have a network of eight Macs running off of an AppleShare server in
a writing workshop.  In order to control usage, we have set up a bit
of a conglomerate system, but it works pretty well:

The user list on the AppleShare server is used to determine user id's.
All the applications are on a separate partition of the local hard disk.
A macro to link the applications partition is available on the server.
A macro calls up Chooser, which gets the user id and password and logs
onto the server, then links up the applications partition.

Also, all of our applications have been "Doppleganged" (sp?) with
Doppelmaker, so the visible applications are not the actual ones --
the actual applications files are invisible -- this keeps the users
from copying the applications.

In addition, the AppleShare printer spooler captures the printers so
the users cannot print without logging on to the server first.

This may not be the simplest way to do things, but it seems to be
working for us.  Any ideas or input would be welcome (we are always
looking for ways to improve our lab!)

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 -- Noel Maddy                          Bitnet: ythprgdb@mtus5
Technical Consultant                    Snail: 210 Vivian
MTU CCLI Humanities Lab                        Hancock, MI  49930