A/UX: No AppleShare PDS file


I noticed that when one starts up Personal File Sharing on a Macintosh running A/UX, no "AppleShare PDS" file is created at the root level of the volume. If there is no PDS file, where is the information on access privileges stored?

There is no file called "AppleShare PDS" in the File Sharing implementation of the A/UX Macintosh environment. Instead, the information normally contained in the PDS file is stored in several files located in the folder:

System Folder
Preferences
File Sharing

The files will have names similar to:

.HfsPDF.2.41.52.PM
.HfsPDF.6.15.47.AM
.UnixRoot

The files with the name .HfsPDF.??.??.??.?? are the PDS information for each one of the Macintosh HFS volumes attached to the server. The ??.??.??.?? portion of the name reflects the creation date for the volume.

The file .UnixRoot contains the PDS information for the "/" volume. This
includes other UFS mounted volumes.

The implementation is similar to the way File Sharing saves access data for
Read-Only media and Removable Media.

If you remove these files, the access information will be lost.


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Published Date: Feb 19, 2012