Re: [SourceJammer-users] basic questions for sourcejammer

[Albert Moliner]

Robert has just sent a very good explanation on how SJ is typically set up in a network. I'll answer, as you ask, to your question with a short "yes" or "no" (with a "?" when I am not sure of having understood them 100%), but before that, let me add something. From your comments, I have the (perhaps wrong) impression that you believe SJ is a tool that does different things from what it really does. It is primarily meant as a versioning tool, just like Visual Source Safe or CVS (but far much better, of course ;-)), not as a network guardian or security provider or things like that. Versioning tools provoke wonderful "side effects" when properly used, like avoidance of collisions between concurrent changes by different people, activity monitoring, easiness of deployment, etc. But their "paradigm" is the existence of a repository of files that can be editted by some users. Rob's introductory help files (at the client install, I believe) provide a neat description of what SJ is and why it is helpful. So, it can be used to know who did some change in a file that turn it corrupted, but this is not its only aim.   As for your questions: No Yes and no No? No Yes ;-) Yes Yes   By the way, the users who can access a repository have nothing to do with the users in a LAN. The user management is local to the application. I hope a bit more light has been put about SJ, Albert.     ----- Original Message ----- From: Derek Gibson To: 'Albert Moliner' Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:35 PM Subject: RE: [SourceJammer-users] basic questions for sourcejammer Albert,   I am extremely grateful for your prompt reply but I am now in a quandary and still confused. Please answer the following questions with a simple yes or no so I can get my head round all of this.   If  sourcejammer is loaded now can it identify a user in the PAST from the EXISTING server files? If sourcejammer is loaded do all users in the future have to access files via sourcejammer? Can sourcejammer monitor files remotely whereby users do NOT access the LAN via SJ? Each user has a PC logon but not a password for the server. The LAN server access is authorized by the system administrator but all CAD designers have across the board access to all projects and all disciplines. Does this present a problem? I need to clarify the terminology, Server – computer where SJ server program resides (not necessarily the LAN server) ? Client – computer where client program resides?   I am sorry to make this rather a protracted question but my management needs to know the answers and I don’t.   Basically what we want is to be able to monitor file history without user access…..is it possible with sourcejammer?   Don’t rush with a reply I wont be back at this computer until Saturday 7-30am   Thanks again   Best Regards   Derek G.