[X4U] Read only Permissions, OS9 to OSX

[Eugene]

On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 12:22:46PM -0500, Peter Krug wrote:
: 
: We are running a database that one user modifies, then about 10 other 
: users use the modified files to do their work (these users never modify 
: the files themselves, only the master file is ever modified).  The 
: "modifying" user running OS9 puts the database files into a location on 
: her computer which is a share.  The other users (OS X and OS9) grab 
: these files and replace the old database files on their systems so they 
: can use the updated information.  The OS9 users have no problem.  SOME 
: of the OS X users have problems.  When they copy the files from the OS9 
: shared folder, the files come over as read-only.  The Database wants to 
: be able to write to these files, so it craps out and dies.  But on two 
: OS X users computers, this does not happen, the files are read and 
: write enabled once copied.  Only the other 8 have problems.

Weird.  Without knowing more about the 10 slaves (e.g. what versions of
OS X and FoxBase are they running) or whether this also happens to all
files on the shared volume, you might want to spend a little time to
write an AppleScript that is run by your 10 slaves on their systems:

	- quits FoxBase

	- copies the FoxBase database from the share to the correct path

	- changes the FoxBase database to the correct permissions


-- 
Eugene Lee
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/