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I help administer two networks, a classroom and a general access
lab, that have Macintoshes as integral parts.  Last August, I
upgraded our Netware from v2.15c to v3.11 (with MAC.NLM v3.0).  A
problem immediately presented itself.  All of the Macintosh folders
on the server were now wide open!

With NW v2.15c, I could assign Read and Open privileges to a folder,
thereby allowing the user to access the program files without being
able to Search the folder -- actually see what was inside.  (I use
OnCue -- a menuing program -- to do this.  I could configure OnCue
once and copy it to each Mac's System Folder.  Very simple and
effective.)  What the user saw on the server was a greyed folder.
Yes, it was there, but no, s/he couldn't open it.

With NW v3.11, I have problems.  File Scan combines Read and
Search.  I _must_ give File Scan privileges or else the user can't
get to the program files.  With File Scan OFF, the user doesn't
even _see_ the folder.  For all the user knows, there is no such
folder.  With File Scan ON, the folder is wide open.  Any and all
files are open to the user for any purpose.

Unfortunately, Novell has instituted the Apple security bits.  And
the Apple security bits are, quite frankly, a joke.  Neither the
Hide nor the Copy Inhibit bits work very well.  Yes, the casual
point and grab is stopped.  But an old copy of MacTools (v7.2 circa
1988) ignores them and copies off the server without breaking
sweat.  The user is then free to take the program home or whatever.

To repeat, with v2.15c, the user couldn't see the program files and
thus couldn't copy them.  With v3.11, the user has to be a dunce
_not_  be able to.

So.  I have three questions.  First, am I missing something
obvious?  Second, has Novell or Apple instituted some form of copy
inhibit that actually stops a copy from the server?  (On the IBM
side, Novell has Execute Only, etc. that stops this sort of thing.)
Finally, has a third party vendor closed this gaping wound?  If so,
please let me know who and how.

Thank you for your attention.

Paul Gunderson
paulg@convex.csd.uwm.edu
Computing Services Division
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee