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A new improved version of Boot-Suite (v2.30) is now available, to replace
all previous including that last release v2.12.
Latest version available now from 'http://www.city.ac.uk/~cb159/arc_file.html'
For those that haven't heard of Boot-Suite before, the system allows
hard-disk based machines to provide support for multiple users on the same
machine. Each user can have there own desktop boot file and home
directory, which is run/setup whenever they login. A number of extra
functions are provided such as:-
* Desktop filer protection - protects all !Boot files (for normal users).
* Easy to use setup program (hopefully).
* Can integrate with Acorns !Boot system or act as a primary system for
use on RISC OS 3.1 machines.
* Strong-Arm aware.
New features include:-
* Each user can now have their own home directory.
* Changing passwords is now not limited to super-users, users can now
change there own passwords, using the new !SetPass utility.
* There is now the option to load an icon onto the iconbar (next to the
apps folder) to provide a shortcut to the users home directory. Also
from here users can start many of boot-suites utilities. These
include:-
i) Show Home Directory
ii) Show Utils Directory
iii) Show Choices Directory
iv) Start !SetPass - Change the current users password
v) Start !BootOpt - Configure Boot-Suite
vi) Start !BootInfo - Display Log files.
vii) Start !Password - Re-login, without restarting
viii) Start !Q-LogOff - A convenient way for beginners to
remember to log-off.
* All of the existing utilities have been improved, with various bug
fixes.
* System data files, can now be stored in custom directories to allow for
integration with FSLock, allowing Boot-Suite to operate on write locked
drives. Also a backup option is provided, so that if system data files
which are stored in read/write locations are deleted or corrupted they can
be automatically recreated/restored using the backups.
* Plenty more features, that have escaped me for now.
PLEASE NOTE: That in-order that I got this release out at long last, many
of the help files are out of date, and need re-writing. If users have
problems or new ideas, please do not hesitate to e-mail me.
-- _____ __ __ ___ ______ __ __
/ __ // / / // | / ____/ / / / / Name : Robert R. Chasmer
/ / /_// /_/ // /| | \ \__ | |/ / E-mail : chas@city.ac.uk
/ / __ / __ // /_| | \__ \ \ / Course : BSc Computer Science, Yr 3
/ /_/ // / / // __ | ____| | / / Uni. : City University, London, UK
/_____//_/ /_//_/ |_|/______/ / / Web : http://www.city.ac.uk/~cb159/
________________________________/ /
/_________________________________/ (C) KAOS 97, Acorn Computers for ever.