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From: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David M. O'Rourke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What's the best NETWORK?
Message-ID: <2356@polyslo.UUCP>
Date: 10 May 88 03:55:00 GMT
References: <1072@aucs.UUCP> <2106@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke)
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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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.

  I think the new version of Appleshare now allows you make these type of
changes from a Workstation.  It also used to drive me crazy and was one of
my initial critisisms of the system.  But I think you can add/delete and
modify users from a workstation now.
  Also I had a chance to talk to one of the people who developed Appleshare
and asked him about the superuser concept.  He said that since Appleshare is
for a workgroup enviroment, that means that there shouldn't be a lot of need
for the security of a larger system.  I'm not justifing the decision, I'm 
simply relating what I was told.


David M. O'Rourke

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