Re: [WinMac] File is use - who by?

Curtis Wilcox(cwcx[at]uhura.cc.rochester.edu)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:29:30 -0500

At 09:11 AM 2/16/99 +1300, Owen Watson wrote:
>Is there any way you can find out which client (Mac or Win) has a file open
>on a NT4 server? My Windows expert says no ("NT isn't a proper network
>filesystem that can do that - you have to have something like Novell")

Server Manager lets you see a list of files in use sorted by login.
Also you can use the venerable winfile (aka File Manager) in NT to look at
the properties of a given file which contains an "Open by" button which can
reveal who's accessing it and how.

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