A/UX and AppleShare PDS File (9/94)


I'm finding that an AppleShare PDS file doesn't get created when you turn on personal file sharing on a computer running A/UX (as it does on a regular Macintosh). Where do the access privileges get stored?

There is no file called "AppleShare PDS" in the File Sharing implementation of the A/UX Macintosh environment.

Instead of that file, the information normally contained in the PDS file is in the 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