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Re: [MacPerl] Installing on Users' Macs



At 20.09 -0500 1998.12.02, Paul J. Schinder wrote:
>At 4:30 PM -0500 12/2/98, Chris Nandor wrote:
>} The other is a script that would, after installing MacPerl, make the folder
>} invisible and lock everything up so it could not be "messed" with by
>} anyone.  A corresponding unlock/visible script could be made, too.
>
>That's an idea.  As I recall, Tcl/Tk puts all of its files in the
>Extensions or the Preferences folder.  Maybe lib should go there,
>additionally protected by invisibility.  There's a System Folder lockdown
>built into 8.5, no?

Goes further back, maybe even to Mac OS 7.something.  In the General
Controls.  Certainly, administrators of Macs used by people with a
propensity for screwing things up should turn this feature on.

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