Note: This release fixes a bug in 1.6 (released 10/26/99). It only applies to the Quitter Application, not Quitter Daemon. The ability to restart or shut down macs was not working in most cases. This only effects registered users.
What can Quitter do?
• Quit any program running on your network (Local AppleTalk or ARA) or over the Internet *!
• Restart or Shut Down macs on your network or on the Internet *!
- You must have a copy of Quitter Daemon running on these Macs. (Requires registration)
• Quit the Finder of the local Mac.
• Quit background apps to free up resources before you run CPU intensive applications
• Register and get Quitter Daemon! (See below)
* Internet capabilities requires Mac OS 9
Why do I want Quitter?
• Remotely restart your servers! Even over the Internet!
• Remotely shut down lab workstations!
• Quit the Finder and Background Applications on your local computer to free up ram and CPU time before you run CPU-intensive software.
Note: "Apparent Success" is reported if Quitter thinks everything went ok. A potential problem could be if a dialog box came up on the remote machine, preventing the action from completing. This could happen if a file is open with unsaved changes. Try the action again, and see if the program is still running or the computer is still in the list, to verify if the action worked.
Register and Receive: "Quitter Daemon", a Background-Only version of Quitter.
Quitter Daemon is an extension (technically it's a background application) that takes up about 30k of ram! This is required for lab machines and servers that you want to remotely restart or shut down. You will receive Quitter Daemon with your shareware payment.
System Requirements
• Requires less than 130k of ram and 50k of hard drive space!
• Quitter Daemon takes even less ram!
• Requires the Apple Event Manager.
• Quitter has so been tested on MacOS 7.1 through MacOS 9.
• Mac OS 9 required for Internet Connectivity
How do I set it up?
• You need an Appletalk network.
• Turn Program Linking on in the Sharing Setup control panel, on the remote computers.
• Give Program Linking access to yourself in the Users & Groups control panel, on the remote computers. You can give access to anyone else, but remember, this allows them to quit programs running on your Mac, and use other programs that support Program Linking. You can even turn Program Linking on for Guests, but this may be a poor security decision. Guest Program Linking means you won't have to bother with a Password when you are using Quitter, which makes it easier. Only if no one else has Appletalk access to your network, guest access is the best choice.
• You may need to turn Program Linking on for individual programs. Click on the program and select "Sharing..." in the File menu, and check off Program Linking. Turn OFF Program linking in the same way, to prevent users from linking to programs you don't want them to be able to access.
