Loading other applications onto the network

You can load various types of network applications, such as word-processing or spreadsheet programs, to make them available to users. When loading applications, keep the following in mind:

• You need the Create right in the directory where you will be loading the application.

• Follow the instructions in the application's documentation for loading the application onto a network.

• Make sure the application is designed for network (multiuser) use, and that you observe any licensing restrictions on the number of users who can access the application.

• To allow users to access network-based applications, map search drives to the directories that contain these applications. To make these search drives permanent, place them in login scripts that are executed when users log in.

• If the application requires that it be installed at the root of a volume but you would rather install it in a subdirectory for security reasons, you can map the directory to a fake root. To map a fake root directory, use the MAP ROOT command as explained in ``MAP''.

• You can create a Directory Map object that points to an application directory.

  Directory Map objects are useful in login scripts---instead of mapping a drive to a specific directory path, you map a drive to a Directory Map object that points to a directory.

  If you change the directory path, you need to change only the Directory Map object's definition.