AppleShare: How To Correctly Shut Down Remotely



What happens when a foreground application (or possibly a DA) issues a Shutdown
command to the Macintosh while it is running the AppleShare File Server
software? Will any damage be done to open files, or does the Shutdown process
force AppleShare to clean all of its active and idle open file services before
shutting down?

I want to perform a remote restart of the system to activate some system
updates that take place only at startup. I am concerned about what that might
do to the file server operation, since I'm not using the Shutdown option under
on the AppleShare menu.

The only correct way to shut down the AppleShare File Server software is by
using the Shutdown option under the AppleShare menu. Choosing Shutdown from
the Special menu or executing a shutdown trap does not guarantee that anything
currently in the AppleShare's buffers will be written to disk before the
shutdown occurs.

The only way we know of to control AppleShare remotely is by using Timbuktu/
Remote from Farallon Computing, Inc.

For more information, search under: "Farallon"


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012