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One of the main features of MarxMenu is the ability to create "smart" menus. This allows you to have a single menu that everybody runs but each user sees different selections based on what their access rights are, what groups they are in, what kind of hardware is available, or what workstation they are on.
The group access feature is a very good example of using the power of MarxMenu. The idea here is that for instance under Novell you would put users in groups and have menu selections appear based on group membership. Thus only the accounting department sees the payroll selection.
On non-Novell networks you can group users by having them in a text file list of members. Then you can read the list and test if they are in the list. You can also read environment variables and control choices based upon the result.
The rule with networks is to keep things as consistent and simple as possible. A simple well-documented network is a happy network, and it can make the difference whether you go home on the weekends or stay at the office.
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