Aristotle: Improper Updating Of User List


This article discusses why Aristotle users continue to appear in Menu
Management and how to fix this problem. They are present, because the
Access Privileges are not set properly on the Any User folder that is in
the Users folder.

Within the Users folder is a folder called Any User. Within the Any User
folder is a folder called ESP. Within that folder is a file called
"userlist". "userlist" contains the current Aristotle Menu Management user
list. If the privileges are set improperly on the Any User folder and the
enclosed ESP folder, the "userlist" file cannot get updated. The userlist
in ESP gets updated from the "userlist" in the server folder. AppleShare
checks the dates of the two files and updates whichever file has the older
date. If the userlist is not updated, the old users remain, and the new
users don't show up.

To clear up this problem, change the Any User Access Privileges to See
Folders, See Files, and Make Changes to everyone. Then change the ESP
Access Privileges to See Folders, See Files to everyone. Make sure that
the Teacher owns the Any User and the enclosed ESP folder. Then launch
Aristotle Menu Management.

For more details, this entire case is documented in the "Aristotle
Administrator's Guide", starting on page 66.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012