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Share one iCal file between multiple users on one machine
Authored by: fletcherpenney on Oct 27, '03 07:45:26AM

By forcing the users to be on the same machine, you do take care of the problem where two people use the file at the same time (unless you have Panther....)

A better, more flexible solution, could be to use cvs to store the "master" calendar file. Whenever someone makes a change, it is synchronized to the master, and each person will see the changes.

The problem is automatically synchronizing each time you use iCal, and setting up the server in the first place. I have not taken the time to really come up with a solution, but I am convinced that something like cvs could enable a much more robust multi-user function, though at the expense of some complexity... Any ideas?



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Share one iCal file between multiple users on one machine
Authored by: nox on Oct 27, '03 12:11:38PM

Great Tip , Thank you.

I am now sharing my ical with people in my office.

I did however create a symbolic link pointed to my calendars on my OSX Server machine. I am also running WEbDav Ical , which allows you to view the calendar online.

On my server machine ( Jaguar Server ) I did the following:

Created a new user called calendars
I also enabled AFP


On my client machine ( Panther ) I did the following:

From Finder Menu select GO | CONNECT TO SERVER

I typed in my IP and connected

I typed in my username "Calendars" and the password for it.

In Options I made sure that I checked Add Password to Keychain and saved preferences ( this way it will automount without any interaction)

I also added the Server from Folder to my Startup items in my Account Profile.

Now my calendar resides in a AFP server.
I think I will also make PHPiCal work with it so my calendar is also viewable via http.

Anyways

Thanks again for that hint.

Nox






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