Configuring Share Points


When a directory, disk, or volume and its contents are shared via Mac OS X Server, it's called a share point. You can also think of a share point as a mount point: When you make a folder a share point, you're defining a shared folder that the user can select and mount on their computer. A user can access various items inside the share point, depending on file and folder permissions.

To make the most of share points, you should have a good understanding of file and folder permissions to facilitate proper access and security within each share point.

At the root level of Mac OS X Server, Apple has a directory called Shared Items. Since Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server are Unix based, you might want to rename this folder Shared_Items, by removing the space or putting an underscore (_) where the space was. (When using certain command-line tools to copy files, a space in the share point name can sometimes complicate matters. You can place your share points anywhere, but Shared_Items is as good a place as any.)

To configure new share points

1.

If the folder you wish to share doesn't yet exist on the server, launch Workgroup Manager and click the Sharing icon in the Toolbar.

If you already have a folder on the server, you can now skip to step 3.

2.

In the Sharing browser within Workgroup Manager that appears, click the All tab to display all the server's local volumes and their contents (Figure 5.1).

Figure 5.1. Click the All tab and select the folder you want to share.


The sharing browser works much like the Finder's column view.

3.

Select the folder, disk, or volume (in this case, your Mac OS X Server volume) that you want to assign as a share point.

4.

If it isn't already selected, click the "Enable disk quotas on this volume" and "Enable Access Control Lists on this volume" check boxes and click Save.

You will be using these options later in this chapter and throughout this book.

5.

Click the Shared_Items folder and then click the New Folder button. In the new folder dialog that appears, name your new folder and click OK (Figure 5.2).

Figure 5.2. Add the folder that you want to share.


6.

In the sharing browser, select the new folder.

7.

Click the General tab and then click the "Share this item and its contents" check box; click Save (Figure 5.3).

Figure 5.3. Select the share point in the All column.


8.

Click the Share Points tab.

Your newly created share point is shown on the list with the other share points (Figure 5.4). You may need to click Refresh in the Toolbar to update the shares shown.

Figure 5.4. Your new share point shows up in the Share Points list.


Although the share point is now set, you'll probably need to configure permissions and file-sharing protocol options (discussed in the following tasks) to fit your needs.

Tips

  • It's not a good idea to select an entire disk or volume as a share point because there are a number of files at the root of a volume that should not be user accessible as the system depends on them. These include temporary storage and trash folders.

  • You can expand the Workgroup Manager window and show more than just two columns when selecting share points by dragging the column bars at the bottom of each column.





Mac OS X Server 10. 4 Tiger. Visual QuickPro Guide
Mac OS X Server 10.4 Tiger: Visual QuickPro Guide
ISBN: 0321362446
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 139
Authors: Schoun Regan

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