[comp.sys.mac.apps] What is Timbuktu?

dbarberi@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Barberi) (03/24/91)

anyone out there ever use Timbuktu on a Mac?  What exactly is it
used for, and how does the password/security work?

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IU3005@BARILVM.BITNET (Annice Grinberg) (03/25/91)

In article <1991Mar24.053753.16743@rodan.acs.syr.edu>,
dbarberi@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Barberi) says:
>
>anyone out there ever use Timbuktu on a Mac?  What exactly is it
>used for, and how does the password/security work?
>
Timbukto is a DA which is used to share files and screens by Macs
connected to a network.  The "host" can restrict access globally or
selectively with or without the use of passwords.

Annice