Just tested this on Mac OS X Server 10.2 and have found that the behavior is in fact 
the same on OS X Server as on the client version. So the XServe point does hold some 
water. This is a bit of a disturbing problem, especially since it seems so trivial...

Blake

On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:38:24 -0400
"Jason A. Fager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 02:28:48PM -0700, Dale Harris wrote:
> 
> > However Apple hasn't seemed to bother addressing it yet since it
> > still persists in OS X.2 (Jaguar).  You'd think they might have
> > taken the opportunity to fix this problem with a new major release.
> 
> My understanding is that Apple is dumping NetInfo in favor of Open
> Directory (which is based on LDAP).  Hopefully they have proper
> access-control mechanisms built into that.  I can understand their
> unwillingness to spend time fixing a subsystem that is going away
> soon.
> 
> Does Mac OS X Server exhibit the same behavior?  Maybe the XServe
> argument is a moot point.
> 
> jafager

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