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From: jeffj@pro-avalon.cts.com (Jeff Jungblut)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: AppleShare & the Finder
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Date: 28 Dec 89 02:28:29 GMT
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Duhh.. is this Apple Tech Support?  :-)

I have AppleShare installed on a Mac Plus with a 20mb hard disk named "HD".
I installed GS/OS on the server using the Installer, along with Server 
Network Startup so the IIgs could boot off of the server.  I created a few
user accounts and set access levels for each folder in the root directory
of HD -- Mac folders have no permission allowed, and the Apple II folders
have full read/write permission.  So far, everything is hunky-dory... I can
boot off of the Mac, go make a pot of coffee & come back as the Finder
appears, launch applications, and return to the Finder without a hitch.

The problem I'm having is with Icon colorings and saving Finder information
onto the server disk (HD.)  The Finder refuses to save window positions and
icon colors to the server disk, no matter how I set that option on the
Preferences dialog box.  This is a real hassle, as every time I return to the
Finder, I have to re-open the server icon and re-open a couple of folders to 
get to the application folder that was left open when I ran the last
application.

If I use an icon editor to change the colors of icons (yellow folders, for
example,) the colors are all off when the root directory of the server disk
is displayed -- yellow folders display as light-green, light-green application
icons appear as dark green, etc.  The colors are correct when folders
underneath the root directory are opened.  It's only in the root directory
that the colors are screwed up.

I can understand why it would be necessary to prevent Finder information from
being saved to a server volume, since you wouldn't want Person B to have
Person A's windows displayed when he returns to the Finder.  Is it possible
to open specific folders on the server disk, set the View By preference to
"By Kind", and have that info permanently stored (for individual users or all
users) so nobody has to re-open several folders whenever they log on to the
server or return to the Finder?