Re: File sharing on OS X
- From: Ed Heagle <eheagle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:17:25 -0600
In article <311020051429548709%dogbreath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
sbt <dogbreath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <436694b9$0$32203$39cecf19@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Nicolas
> Verhaeghe - White Echo <nospam_nicolas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I am a Windows and Unix guy, I have never really used a Mac as a server
> > before.
> >
> > We have a G3 that we are going to use as a file server for Mac users. Os
> > 10.3 is installed.
> >
> > The computer is set up as far as users and network.
> >
> > It has two drives.
> >
> > I would like to share one folder on one drive and another folder on another
> > drive.
> >
> > I cannot find out how to share certain folders on the network. I
> > right-click, no such thin as "Share this folder". Personal file sharing is
> > on but all I can do is share personal folders, which is absolutely useless.
> >
> > We need to share certain folders with particular names and give access to
> > certain accounts to certain folders.
> >
> > How is this done on OS X?
> >
> > I asked several "Mac guys" and all I got was "oh, it's very easy on a Mac,
> > a
> > lot easier than on PCs" but each time I explained exactly what I am trying
> > to do either they don't understand or I get some very vague explanation.
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your help!
> >
> >
>
> There's a shareware tool called "SharePoints" (get it from Version
> Tracker) that allows you to specify what you want. It can be done
> without SharePoints, but gets a little involved.
How many users are going to connect to this? If you have more than 10
users and all/most of them connect at the same time, keep in mind you
may want to go with OS X Server if you can.
If this this for a small deployment (which it sounds it is), the
Sharepoints tool may do what you need. Somewhere you could do it
manualy, but it may be a bit of work to do so (Apple makes is harder to
setup custom sharepoints on Mac OS X client).
A third way to do this since you are a "Unix guy" is to use the open
source netatalk software that allows you to serve Mac clients with AFP
on a Unix box.
Yet another thing to keep in mind is that OS X can mount smb/windows
shares. You can even intergrate a 10.3 or greater client computer with
Active Directory if you need to. Just because it is a Mac doesn't mean
it can't intergrate with other platforms. OS X can play with Windows
servers.
--
Ed Heagle
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