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- From: gpb@gpb-mac (greg berryman )
- Subject: Re: virtual memory and locking volume names
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.141942.17293@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:19:42 GMT
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- jim@insect.berkeley.edu (Jim Bradley) writes:
- :
- : Under system 7.0 and 7.1, virtual memory does not work if a user renames
- : the volume that was designated to hold the vm swap file.
- :
- : In a public lab situation how can I protect a volume name from
- : being accidentally changed by users? (I want VM always to work. :-)
- :
- : Is it possible to lock the volume name, but not write-protect the volume?
- Most people are having the reverse problem... they can't rename the volume.
- All you need to do is turn on file-sharing, share the volume, turn off file-
- sharing.
- If anything on the volume is shared, you can't rename the volume. It doesn't
- matter if file-sharing is running or not.
-
- :
- : Is it possible to make the volume invisible on the desktop?
- :
-
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