Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!amdahl!apple!dgold From: dgold@Apple.COM (David Goldsmith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: What's the best NETWORK? Message-ID: <9478@apple.Apple.Com> Date: 10 May 88 16:21:24 GMT References: <1072@aucs.UUCP> <2106@bgsuvax.UUCP> Reply-To: dgold@apple.UUCP (David Goldsmith) Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 12 In article <2106@bgsuvax.UUCP> denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten) writes: >The problem that drives me batty under appleshare is that there is no >such thing as a superuser. If I need to play with files that are in >multiple user's areas, I have to either keep logging in, or shut the >server down. Also, you have to shut the server down to add users or >change passwords. AppleShare 2.0, due out this summer, allows users to change their own passwords and allows the AppleShare Admin program to run while AppleShare itself is operating. Thus you can add and change users and groups without taking the server down. It also has other improvements, but I'll have to refer you to the press releases since I can't remember them all.