richm@zeus.unomaha.edu (06/06/91)
In article <2566@cybaswan.UUCP>, csandy@cybaswan.UUCP (Andy Parkman) writes: > At the Computer Science Dept. of University College Swansea, we have > recently bought 20 Macintosh LC Colour Bundles for use as an > undergraduate laboratory. At present we do not have the resources to buy > something like a Macintosh fx and large disk drives as a file server - > although we have already bought the LC Ethernet cards and will have > all the Mac's networked. > > In the meantime I intend to use each machines 40 Mb hard disk to hold a > 'core' image of required software ( system, word processing application, > draw application and programming languages ). The said 'image' would be held > on a seperate hard disk from where it would be re-instated on each machine, > from time to time. > > * As the Mac is so customisable, how can I prevent undergraduates > from altering the configuration set? > > * Is there any facility available to log users in and assign UNIX > like user and group identities? > > We also need to provide laser writing facilities, however with our budget > already over stretched we are very concerned about limiting the amount of > printing that takes place or at least providing accounting facilities which > would allow us to charge for usage over a certain level. > > * Is there a package which provides this accounting facility? > > * Given that: > > - The users of these Mac's will have UNIX usernames and filestores > - The UNIX network and the Mac network are linked > - Laser writing facility already exist on the UNIX network which > provides the required accounting facilities ie pages printed against > usernames. > > Is there a software package that allows user to login and then uses > this information to forward printing jobs to the UNIX network so that > the job is accounted for properly under the UNIX accounting facility? > > We are currently using System 6.0.7, have System 7.0 but I would prefer not > to commit the net to System7 until 7.01 or 7.02. > > I would be grateful if you could share some of your experience with me on these > matters as I don't have much experience of networking the Macintosh, although I > am a very keen Mac user and a new convert myself. > > Yours hopefully, > > Andy Parkman > > Research Programmer > University College Swansea > Tel: (0792) 205678 ext 4519 > e-mail: csandy@uk.ac.swan.pyr ( UK JANET ) To prevent unauthorized changing of the hard drive configuration, look into FILELOCK by ASD Software (@ $135.00). It locks access to the system folder and doesn't allow changes to the desktop config.