AppleShare: Limiting Users From Launching Applications



I want to limit the number of users that can simultaneously launch applications
on an AppleShare File Server. I am currently doing this on an IBM network.

1) Does the AppleTalk network system support the ability to limit the
number of users who can simultaneously launch an application on a file
server?

2) If this is possible, does it depend on the application software or the
file server software?

3) If it depends on the application software, do you know of any
applications that take advantage of this capability (particularly,
productivity software, such as word processors and spreadsheets)?

AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP) does not directly support the ability to limit
the number of users launching an application. This is something the developer
of the application must provide within their code. AFP does provide methods to
allow a developer to accomplish this type of limiting. For a more detailed
STARTDISCUSSShared Environment", available from APDA, part number A7Z0014.

Microsoft Technical Support indicates that Microsoft Word, versions 3.0.x and
4.0; Microsoft Excel, versions 1.5 and 2.2; Microsoft File 2.0 and PowerPoint,
versions 1.0 and 2.0 are all multilaunch applications. Each has some limited
multi-user capabilities as well.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012