The problem here is that this is on a customer's server and my
company is responsible for a remote backup of this unit late at night
which requires file sharing to be turned off. The Rev/Applescript
program is supposed to briefly turn off file sharing, let the system
backup, then turn it back on again. It has to be an automated operation.
Richard
On Jul 1, 2008, at 11:39 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Richard Miller wrote:
Ken,
What I am doing is turning file sharing on and off on a Mac. The
standard shell script one might use to do this doesn't seem to
work when the file sharing control panel is in its "locked" state.
do shell script "/usr/sbin/AppleFileServer" password "x" with
administrator
privileges
Turning off with:
do shell script "/usr/bin/killall AppleFileServer" password "x" with
administrator privileges
When it is locked, I was using Applescript to unlock it. But that
requires putting in the password and then closing the dialog box.
That's where the problem is coming from.
I tend to think that's a good thing. If an administrator has locked
file sharing (or any other preference,) there's a reason. Seems to
me it would be a security hole if anyone were able to unlock system
prefs behind the user's back -- malware would certainly take
advantage of that. I think my solution would be to see if the
script succeeds, and if not, put up an error dialog informing the
user of the problem. Then let them make the decision about what to do.
Personally, as a user, I would avoid software that changes my
preferences like that. I'm not even real comfortable with it
turning file sharing on and off without my knowledge. I'd much
prefer that the software tell me about its requirements and let me
do it.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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