moose@aoa.UUCP (Bruce Trvalik) (06/01/91)
I am looking for a utility that will prompt a user for a chooser name when the machine is booted. We use the sysquest drives and often the chooser name is not the actual person using that mac. If no such utiliy exists I would like to hear any ideas about how to write a program to perform this task. thanks... -- * Bruce Trvalik AOA-----------------* * (617)864-0201 * moose@aoa.utc.com * aoa!moose@bbn.com
ech@cbnewsk.att.com (ned.horvath) (06/01/91)
From article <1586@aoa.UUCP>, by moose@aoa.UUCP (Bruce Trvalik): > I am looking for a utility that will prompt a user for a chooser name > when the machine is booted. We use the sysquest drives and often the > chooser name is not the actual person using that mac... Under System 7, try putting an alias for the "Sharing Setup" control panel into the "Startup items" system subfolder. Prompts for name and password, and reminds the person about what kind of sharing access is permitted to their machine. A better question is how to CLEAR this information when the person leaves, so the next person doesn't have access to shared resources... -- =Ned Horvath= ehorvath@attmail.com
weiss@crowe.seas.ucla.edu (Michael Weiss) (06/02/91)
In article <1991Jun1.044926.15945@cbnewsk.att.com> ech@cbnewsk.att.com (ned.horvath) writes: [excellent idea for use of Sharing Setup deleted] >A better question is how to CLEAR this information when the person leaves, >so the next person doesn't have access to shared resources... Sounds like a job for an extension (upon Shutdown, erase those names from the Sharing Setup). Any takers? -- \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / - Michael weiss@seas.ucla.edu | School of Engineering & Applied Science - - Weiss izzydp5@oac.ucla.edu | University of California, Los Angeles - / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \
aslakson@cs.umn.edu (Brian Aslakson) (06/03/91)
moose@aoa.UUCP (Bruce Trvalik) writes: >I am looking for a utility that will prompt a user for a chooser name >when the machine is booted. We use the sysquest drives and often the >chooser name is not the actual person using that mac. If no such utiliy >exists I would like to hear any ideas about how to write a program to >perform this task. >thanks... ChooserUser from sumex & mirrors. There is also LaserWriterLockout which will lockout LaserWriters, FileServers, and ImageWriters over AppleTalk. There are more features for ChooserUser (like locking a name IN). Look in /cdev. They are both by a Mr. Volaski. I like both. They are currently at version 1.1. -- Brian Aslakson brian@cs.umn.edu (mail) aslakson@cs.umn.edu (talk) mac-admin@cs.umn.edu (Me!!)
richm@zeus.unomaha.edu (06/07/91)
In article <1586@aoa.UUCP>, moose@aoa.UUCP (Bruce Trvalik) writes: > I am looking for a utility that will prompt a user for a chooser name > when the machine is booted. We use the sysquest drives and often the > chooser name is not the actual person using that mac. If no such utiliy > exists I would like to hear any ideas about how to write a program to > perform this task. > thanks... > > -- > * Bruce Trvalik AOA-----------------* > * (617)864-0201 > * moose@aoa.utc.com > * aoa!moose@bbn.com This would also be great when trouble-shooting a network problem. How many times do you go to something like Interpoll, identify the Macs in use but have to start at the last username, rather than the current?!
Jim_Holt@aprdlgtr.sps.mot.com (Jim Holt) (06/10/91)
In article <15992.284eae75@zeus.unomaha.edu>, richm@zeus.unomaha.edu writes: > > In article <1586@aoa.UUCP>, moose@aoa.UUCP (Bruce Trvalik) writes: > > I am looking for a utility that will prompt a user for a chooser name > > when the machine is booted. There is an *EXCELLENT* solution to this available. It is an INIT/CDEV written by Maurice Volaski called ChooserUser. In addition to the feature you requested, it has several more very useful functions. Maurice is at volaski@contra.med.buffalo.edu -jh