Re: Sharing folders in Windows

In article <1194055013.010214.146930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tommy <tom_elam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Nov 2, 4:10 pm, Sandman <m...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So, OSX Leopard.

1. System Preferences -> Sharing.
2. Check the box next to "File Sharing"

Done.

Windows Vista Ultimate...

1. Start menu -> Control Panel -> Set up file sharing
2. File Sharing: On
3. Public Folder Sharing: On (read only, password required)

Then:

Users > Sandman > Searches > Shared By Me

Nothing.

Navigate to a specific folder, right-click and pick "Properties",
select Sharing tab. The "Share..." button is greyed out. At the bottom
of the window:

"People must have a user account and password for this computer
to access shared folders"

Cool, if I could share a folder, that is!

What a mess... :/

And the reason for wanting to share a folder? That's the best part!
Since the Windows search is broken, and won't search the contents of
text files (at least not .cfg files) I wanted to mount it on my Mac to
be able to use grep on the text files in the folder.

Ironic.

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Did you try the advanced sharing button?

Yep. Didn't work, obviously.

Likely not. Apple could
learn a few lessons from Microsoft when it comes to security options.

Ahaa, so not having a working file sharing is a security measure?
Well, I suppose in the case of Windows, that makes some sense.


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