[comp.sys.mac.programmer] AppleShare Users & Groups file

tj@cs.ucla.edu (Tom Johnson) (08/31/90)

I don't suppose that anyone out there happens to know the format
of the Users & Groups file that AppleShare uses to store names, 
passwords, groups, etc... in the Server folder of the server?  I have a
couple of ideas for programs that would run in the foreground of
AppleShare that would require a login process similar to that employed
by AS, and I'd hate to have to deal with several different password
files (it just creates problems in a student lab situation when
very novice mac users change their password on AS, and then don't
understand why QuickMail doesn't recognize the new password)	


Any help out there?  Is anyone from Apple listening?  I'd be happy to
sign a non-disclosure if that's what would be required, but I don't
really see why they want to keep the file format proprietary.

Thanks--
  Tom
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