Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Logging in in a computer lab...
From: Brad G. Parks (bparks@homer.acs.bethel.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 13 1998 - 17:56:52 EST
We've just started a similar setup. (Currently enabled in
only one lab). In the Startup Items folder we have an alias
to a program on the Netatalk server (a tiny app that pops up a
modal dialog reminding the user to quit AtEase when they're
done) This forces AtEase (3.0) to connect to that network
volume when the user logs in.
Currently nobody stores anything on the network; the network
volume is used only for printer authentication. So it's not
exactly what you're looking for -- users aren't accessing
thier own directory (that's a summer project). But I think
the principle might work for you. Also, I've seen an option
in a couple of AtEase 4.0 systems for connecting to network
volumes. Too bad the AtEase licenses aren't the same price as
the Netatalk licenses. :)
-brad parks
bparks at bethel dot edu
# dd if=/dev/brain of=/dev/tape
Thus saith Jason Belich:
> I love Netatalk's ability for a person to login to their own
> volume corresponding to their userID and password. Is there a
> way to set things up so a user can sit at any mac in a
> computer lab, login ala At Ease, and get their own server
> volume, use it, and log out leaving said mac ready for next
> user. I've tried Maclogin and At Ease for Workgroups 3.0. and
> neither is capable of doing this, despite every relevant
> setting I can find. Such a utility or At Ease patch would be
> infinitely useful for all of us interested in using netatalk
> for a netserver in a school environment.
>
-brad
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