Re: Status of Multiple Users on MacOS 9


Subject: Re: Status of Multiple Users on MacOS 9
From: Brian Bergstrand (brianb@niu.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 08 2000 - 12:38:54 EST


on 2/8/2000 11:08 AM, Ian Reinhart Geiser at geiseri@msoe.edu wrote:

> I remember hearing that Apple was going to release the API for multiple users
> and remote boot of Macintosh Systems for MacOS 9. Has this happened? Will
> this happen. Currently we have a new Macintosh Lab being installed here and I
> really would like the added secureity of Multiple Users but we need to
> interface with our main UNIX system.
>
> Are there any other systems out there that will support An At Ease/ MacLogin/
> Multiple Users interface that would work over AppleshareIP?
>
> Thanks,
> -ian reinhart geiser

Not sure about the Netboot stuff, but during the dev cycle of OS9 there was
mention of Authentication plug-ins for Mac OS 9's Multiple Users. So far, I
have heard nothing else about this. We would like this too, to use NDS for
authentication.



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