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We just finished demoing (if that's the verb) MacAdministrator.  It can
do everything you ask for in your post: require login (and check against
your server for validity), save preference-type files by user, lock out
CD's (or allow only set programs to launch from CD's), lock parts or all
of the hard drive, and so on.  It even does print metering.

You can reach the MacAdministrator folks at 1-800-455-0888 (Eastern
Time).  For our size it will cost us $30 per machine, and we'll happily
pay that in time to convert to it over the winter break.

-----  Bruce  :)

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On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Candy Lappen wrote:

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> We had originally removed the CD Roms from the Powermacs (didnt
> want to have to supervise them) and use At Ease to lock the desktop.
>
> However, with no warning one of our freshman classes decided they
> were going to use CD's and hand them out to the students telling them
> they could use our facility to do thier homework.  We recd a call late last
> week stating that they needed to use this "NOW".
>
> I can get the CD to run under At Ease with no problem.  However,
> because the CD writes a file to the desktop, where the student currently
> is in thier homework and what was completed.  The students need to
> keep this file with them to do thier homework.
>
> Is there a program out there that will make it so the students have to login
> to the network to run any programs, not allow them to put programs on
> the computer and yet can get thier files from the desktop.  At Ease was
> doing great until this new problem came up.
>
> What are other labs with CD players doing.  Any ideas or suggestions
> welcome.  We are an unsupervised lab open 24hrs a day (yes that does
> create more problems).  I have TA's that work different shifts and I'm in
> and out of there during the work day but alot of things happen to our
> computers at 2:00am, when noone is there.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Candy
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> There is too much blood in my caffeine system.
>
> Candy Lappen              Candy@cchem.berkeley.edu
> UC Berkeley
> College of Chemistry
>
> All opinions expressed are my own and in now way can be considered
> actual ideas.
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