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Received: from raven.ots.utexas.edu (slip-33-9.ots.utexas.edu [128.83.111.169]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id TAA18102 for <executor@nacm.com>; Fri, 17 Nov 1995 19:45:36 -0800 Received: from raven.ots.utexas.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by raven.ots.utexas.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id VAA00797 for <executor@nacm.com>; Fri, 17 Nov 1995 21:40:57 -0600 Message-Id: <199511180340.VAA00797@raven.ots.utexas.edu> To: executor@nacm.com Subject: executor file permissions (Linux) Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 21:40:56 -0600 From: Rob Browning <osiris@cs.utexas.edu> Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk The default setup has all the Executor files installed with owner root. I guess this means that a normal user who launches the program can't install or save files on the default ExecutorVolume. I've read the faq about setting up user specific folders in their home directories. I guess I was just curious about the handling of shared files since it'd be kind of a waste to have to have a separate copy of every file for every user, or kind of a pain to have to make a bunch of sym links every time a new Mac program was installed. Although this approach is very flexible, it's also somewhat time consuming. Especially since when you install a program you don't necessarily know which files are read-only and can be installed in a shared area (or as a link) and which have to be duplicated for each user.. Is there a better way I'm overlooking? Perhaps having a shared folder and making Executor setgid for a specal group for Executor users? If you had two licenses so that two copies could be running at once, I guess there could be race condition problems. BTW What is the ConfigurationFolder, and what are the DirectoryMaps? The FAQ mentions the variables, but doesn't say what they do? Thanks, and hope this is coherent enough to understand. (Am I just making a mountain out of a molehill?) -- Rob