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Re: Mac Protection

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From: Michael Kessler
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 00:00
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----------------------------Original message----------------------------
We are using FoolProof with considerable success, although problems
exist because students are locked out of the hard drive.

On 31 May 96 at 17:24, Carol Morrison wrote:

> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> We currently have 12 Mac LCIII's and 13 Power Macs in one of our labs.
> In the past we have had some problems with students making changes
> to the hard drive (ie. wallpaper, sounds, etc..).  It even got to the point
> that they were deleting some of the programs.  We are looking for a
> solution to prevent this from happening in the future.  Our Macs are
> networked to a Novell 3.12 fileserver, along with three of our Windows
> labs.  (we are just now in the process of doing this, previously we had
> them networked over appletalk to a separate server).
>
> Does anyone out there have a solution for preventing the students from
> making changes?
>
>
> Thanks!
> Carol Morrison
> carol_morrison@mail.okbu.edu
>


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San Francisco State University               FAX (415) 338-7030
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