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Installation and location of MUD folder and database for multiple user
account setup?
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Please don't scream at me, but I posted this message earlier today in
the
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
Upon further reflection, I think that it's more appropriate to be
listed and answered within the Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.mac.office.
So I'm post a copy of it here.
Hope that's OK.
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Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
From: (e-mail address removed)
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:20:57 -0700
Local: Mon, Oct 1 2007 11:20 am
Subject: Installation and location of MUD folder and database for
multiple user account setup?
What is the best location to store the MUB folder when using a
multiple user account structure with Office 2004, Entourage 2004,
and
Mac OS 10.4?
I have setup a multiple user account structure with Administrator,
Standard, and Guest accounts.
I am both the Admin and Standard user, but anticipate being in the
Standard user account on a daily basis.
I want to be able to access and work with the MUD file (the same
Entourage database and Identity) whether I am in the Admin or
Standard
account.
I just want to maintain one MUD file for myself, not two different
files.
I don't want the Guest User to be able to access that Ent identity at
all.
I will either prohibit the Guest from accessing any Ent identity or
allow the Guest to access his own MUD folder in the User > Guest >
Documents folder.
What's the best place to LOCATE the MUD file for both the Admin and
Standard user to have access to one database file?
If I am using "Fast User Switching," will there be a problem in
having
both the Admin user and Standard user working with the same Identity
file at nearly the same time?
Can there be simultaneous access..or will there be possible
confusion
and corruption to the MUD file?
Will the "switching" process sufficiently control and allow the
semi-
simultaneous access?
Additional Background facts:
I originally used the Admin User to install Office 2004 into the
Applications folder.
The installation installed a MUD folder in Users > Admin > Document
folder.
It didn't install a MUD folder in Users > Standard > Document
folder.
If I am in the Standard account and then open Entourage, will it
create another (a second) MUD folder in Users > Admin > Document
folder or will it use the MUD folder in Users > Admin > Document
folder?
I'm assuming it will creat a new MUD folder.
If it uses the MUD folder in Users > Admin > Document folder, will
it
always be having to ask for password permission from the Admin?
The Applications folder is a "shared" folder between all users.
Would it be better to locate the MUD folder in the Applications
folder
(say, inside of a folder named "Microsoft Office database storage"
and
placed outside of the "Office 2004" folder) and then place an alias
to
that one MUD folder inside both the Admin's and Standard's own
Documents folder?
Also, the Shared folder is a "shared" folder between all users.
Would
it be better to locate the MUD folder in the Shared folder, than the
Applications folder?
Would it be better to leave the original MUD folder in User > Admin >
Documents and only have one alias to it from the User > Standard >
Documents folder?
I'm assuming that, by using the Parental Controls, the Guest User
could be disallowed permission to access the MUD folder, even if it
is
located inside the Applications or Shared folders.
Does anyone have experience with using the same MUD file with
multiple
users on one computer?
On two computers?
account setup?
--------------------------------
Please don't scream at me, but I posted this message earlier today in
the
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
Upon further reflection, I think that it's more appropriate to be
listed and answered within the Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.mac.office.
So I'm post a copy of it here.
Hope that's OK.
---------------------------------
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
From: (e-mail address removed)
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:20:57 -0700
Local: Mon, Oct 1 2007 11:20 am
Subject: Installation and location of MUD folder and database for
multiple user account setup?
What is the best location to store the MUB folder when using a
multiple user account structure with Office 2004, Entourage 2004,
and
Mac OS 10.4?
I have setup a multiple user account structure with Administrator,
Standard, and Guest accounts.
I am both the Admin and Standard user, but anticipate being in the
Standard user account on a daily basis.
I want to be able to access and work with the MUD file (the same
Entourage database and Identity) whether I am in the Admin or
Standard
account.
I just want to maintain one MUD file for myself, not two different
files.
I don't want the Guest User to be able to access that Ent identity at
all.
I will either prohibit the Guest from accessing any Ent identity or
allow the Guest to access his own MUD folder in the User > Guest >
Documents folder.
What's the best place to LOCATE the MUD file for both the Admin and
Standard user to have access to one database file?
If I am using "Fast User Switching," will there be a problem in
having
both the Admin user and Standard user working with the same Identity
file at nearly the same time?
Can there be simultaneous access..or will there be possible
confusion
and corruption to the MUD file?
Will the "switching" process sufficiently control and allow the
semi-
simultaneous access?
Additional Background facts:
I originally used the Admin User to install Office 2004 into the
Applications folder.
The installation installed a MUD folder in Users > Admin > Document
folder.
It didn't install a MUD folder in Users > Standard > Document
folder.
If I am in the Standard account and then open Entourage, will it
create another (a second) MUD folder in Users > Admin > Document
folder or will it use the MUD folder in Users > Admin > Document
folder?
I'm assuming it will creat a new MUD folder.
If it uses the MUD folder in Users > Admin > Document folder, will
it
always be having to ask for password permission from the Admin?
The Applications folder is a "shared" folder between all users.
Would it be better to locate the MUD folder in the Applications
folder
(say, inside of a folder named "Microsoft Office database storage"
and
placed outside of the "Office 2004" folder) and then place an alias
to
that one MUD folder inside both the Admin's and Standard's own
Documents folder?
Also, the Shared folder is a "shared" folder between all users.
Would
it be better to locate the MUD folder in the Shared folder, than the
Applications folder?
Would it be better to leave the original MUD folder in User > Admin >
Documents and only have one alias to it from the User > Standard >
Documents folder?
I'm assuming that, by using the Parental Controls, the Guest User
could be disallowed permission to access the MUD folder, even if it
is
located inside the Applications or Shared folders.
Does anyone have experience with using the same MUD file with
multiple
users on one computer?
On two computers?