1.

Launch the Server Admin tool located in /Applications/Server, and authenticate as the administrator ( Figure 5.14 ).

2.

Select the AFP service for your server in the Computers & Services list ( Figure 5.15 ).

3.

Click the Settings button and then the General tab ( Figure 5.16 ).

4.

Select the appropriate options :

"Enable Rendezvous registration" allows Mac OS X 10.2 or newer systems to browse to your server on the local network (sometimes defined as the local subnet).

"Enable browsing with AppleTalk" allows pre-Mac OS X systems to browse to your server on the network using the older Chooser application.

5.

Click the Access tab ( Figure 5.17 ).

6.

Select an authentication type from the Authentication pop-up menu ( Figure 5.18 ):

Standard uses the built-in AFP authentication.

Kerberos uses MIT's advanced key distribution system.

Any Method uses either of the two other methods of authentication.

7.

Choose any of the following AFP authentication options ( Figure 5.19 ):

"Enable Guest access" enables access for users without accounts.

"Enable secure connections" enables secure data transport connections via SSH.

"Enable administrator to masquerade as any registered user" lets an administrator sign in to the server via AFP using a regular user's name but their own administrator's password.

8.

Configure the maximum number of concurrent AFP client and guest connections ( Figure 5.20 ).

9.

When you've finished making changes, click the Save button .

10.

Click the Overview button .

Verify that the AFP service is running ( Figure 5.21 ). If it isn't, click the Start Service button to activate the AFP server ( Figure 5.22 ).

1.

Within Server Admin, navigate to your server's AFP service settings ( Figure 5.27 ).

2.

On the General tab , enter your logon text in the Logon Greeting field ( Figure 5.28 ).

3.

To make the greeting appear only the first time a user logs in, select the appropriate check box below the Logon Greeting field ( Figure 5.29 ).

4.

When you've finished making changes, click the Save button .

5.

Verify the greeting by logging in to your server from the client ( Figure 5.30 ).

1.

Within Server Admin, navigate to your server's AFP service settings ( Figure 5.31 ).

2.

Click the Idle Users tab ( Figure 5.32 ).

3.

Select the "Disconnect idle users" check box, and enter a time in minutes ( Figure 5.33 ).

4.

Select any of the following idle-disconnect exceptions ( Figure 5.34 ):

Guests Any users who didn't authenticate as users to your server.

"Registered users" Any users who have an authenticated connection.

Administrators Any users who have an authenticated connection and are in the admin group.

"Idle users who have open files" Any users who have a file that resides on the server but is open in an application running on their local computer. Severing the server connection while a file is open on the client is an excellent way to corrupt the filein other words, it's a bad idea.

5.

To configure a message to appear on the client computer when the server disconnects an idle user, enter a text string in the Disconnect Message field ( Figure 5.35 ).

6.

When you've finished making changes, click the Save button .

1.

Launch the Workgroup Manager tool located in /Applications/Server, and authenticate as the administrator ( Figure 5.36 ).

2.

Click the Sharing icon in the Toolbar.

3.

Choose to do either of the following:

• Configure an existing share point by clicking the Share Points tab , and then select the share point you wish to edit from the sharing browser ( Figure 5.37 ).

  Figure 5.37. Use the Share Points tab in Workgroup Manager to see all the share points.

  

  
  

• Configure a new share point. See the "To configure new share points" task in this chapter for detailed instructions.

4.

Once you've selected the share point you wish to configure, click the Protocols tab to the right of the sharing browser ( Figure 3.38 ).

5.

Directly below the Protocols tab is the Protocols pop-up menu. From this menu, select Apple File Settings ( Figure 5.39 ).

6.

Configure AFP sharing and guest access for this particular share point ( Figure 5.40 ).

7.

Choose one of the following options based on your permissions requirements ( Figure 5.41 ):

"Use standard Unix behavior" The default behavior. New items created in this share point will be owned by the user who created the item, and the group will be set to that user's primary group. See Chapter 4, "User and Group Management," for more information about primary groups.

"Inherit permissions from parent" An optional behavior. New items created in this share point will have the same permissions as the share point itself. Refer to the section "Configuring File and Folder Permissions," earlier in this chapter.

8.

When you've finished making changes, click the Save button .