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- From: dplatt@ntg.com (Dave Platt)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
- Subject: Re: CAP aufs desktop problem
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.064039.26019@ntg.com>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 06:40:39 GMT
- References: <1993Jan5.132732.8376@malmo.trab.se>
- Organization: New Technologies Group, Inc. Palo Alto CA
- Lines: 39
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- >If the user would like another layout on his/hers CAP-folders than the
- >standard ones, the changes are not stored by aufs. Even if the
- >ADeskTop and .IDeskTop files are deleted and rebuilt it does not have
- >any effect on the layour.
- >
- >Does anyone have the solution to this problem?
-
- This ought to be in the FAQ list, if it isn't already.
-
- The folder layout information is not stored in the .ADesktop/.IDesktop
- files - these hold icon information and application-location bindings,
- but not visual-display info. Instead, it is stored in the .finderinfo
- directory.
-
- Your problem is probably this: the Finder layout information for the
- top-level directory (the "disk window" layout) is being lost, because
- CAP cannot find a place to store it. The information is _not_ stored in
- the directory that you are "publishing" on the network - instead, it's
- stored in the .finderinfo directory which is located "in parallel" to
- this top-level directory. You probably have not created this
- .finderinfo directory or have not set the permissions properly.
-
- By way of example: if you wish to publish /foo/bar/baz as a Macintosh
- network disk, you must create _four_ Unix directories:
-
- /foo/bar/baz
- /foo/bar/baz/.resource
- /foo/bar/baz/.finderinfo
- /foo/bar/.finderinfo
-
- The last of these is probably the one that you are missing. You should
- create it, and set its ownership and write-permissions to be identical
- to those of the other three. Then, dismount the network volume, mount
- it again via the Chooser, and set the "View by" arrangement to whatever
- you wish - this time it will "stick" properly.
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