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In article <16534@ulysses.att.com>, esc@ulysses.att.com (E. Steve Crandall) writes:
> Is there a public folder (or something like it) that works with System
> 7.0?

Yeah -- try the built-in FileShare. It's a hell of a lot more versatile than
Public Folder, less prone to crashes (at least on our net here PF doesn't seem
to like some combinations of Macs and usually bombs at least one of the two),
and easier to use. You can add a list of users, each with a password and privs
(See Files, See Folders, and Make Changes), and have a number of folders or
even volumes shared. The other user would access it via their AppleShare
workstation software (which comes with the System software and is usually put
in automatically with a standard Install).

Simply use the Sharing Setup to turn sharing on (and give your Mac an owner
name and password). Wait a bit, then select the folder to share and use the
Sharing... menu item from the File menu. (You'll probably want to use the
Users & Groups cp to set up groups -- Research Dept., Secretaries, etc. -- and
user IDs for specific users).
About the only problem with FS is that it is a pain to use if you have any
sort of removable media drive (CD-ROM, SyQuest/Bernoulli/Ricoh, MagOpt, etc.),
since for a removable drive to be shared, that particular cart has to be in
before FS is started, and it can't be removed without first turning FS off.
If there isn't a cart in when you start up FS, you can insert/eject them with
no problems, but you can't share them.

So, yes, there is something for Sys7 which replaces PF, and it comes with the
System software so you don't even have to search very far. 


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