marc@Apple.COM (Mark Dawson) (07/26/90)
I was contacted by a person who is responsible for a group of 110 VERY non- techie Mac users, with a problem: when she receives a software update, she currently needs to physically go to each user's machine and install the new software (apparently these guys are not very capable of doing this). What she wants to know is if there is any installer programs on the market. She feels confident she could write scripts to do what she wants; she could put the "update installer" and the new software on a common network server and have her users launch it, the installer taking care of everything else. Is there such a program out there? Any thoughts, suggestions? A weary Mac administrator is hoping there is a solution. Thanks, Mark -- --------------------------------- Mark Dawson Service Diagnostic Engineering AppleLink: Dawson.M Apple says what it says; I say what I say. We're different ---------------------------------
barrey@ka.excelan.com (Barrey Jewall) (08/02/90)
In article <43357@apple.Apple.COM> marc@Apple.COM (Mark Dawson) writes: >What >she wants to know is if there is any installer programs on the market. She >feels confident she could write scripts to do what she wants; she could put >the "update installer" and the new software on a common network server and >have her users launch it, the installer taking care of everything else. >Is there such a program out there? Any thoughts, suggestions? A weary Mac >administrator is hoping there is a solution. >Thanks, >Mark >Mark Dawson Service Diagnostic Engineering >AppleLink: Dawson.M Try directing her to Tech Note 75, the latest release of that note is on apple.com... The installer 3.01 should be able to take care of any updating tasks which she requires... I am going to write a script here for the installation of new macs, when I have some spare time :-) Good Luck Barrey +================================================================+ + San Francisco Giants - 5 1/2 Games Back and Gaining !! + + Hummmm Baby!!! + +===============================++===============================+ + Barrey Jewall ++ "My opinions are my opinions" + + barrey@novell.com ++ (rather self-evident, eh?) + + Novell, Inc.- San Jose, Calif.++ + +===============================++===============================+