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" <fagerj@gsicommerce.com> 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
