Configuring Share Points


When a folder, 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. In other words, when you make a folder a share point, you're defining a shared folder that the user can select and mount on their client computer. A user can access anything inside the share point, depending on file and folder permissions.

Mac OS X Server can host many share points simultaneously, including share points inside other share points. Using share points inside other share points is a great way to allow graduated access for complex file structures. Otherwise, you need to have a good understanding of file and folder permissions to facilitate proper access and security within your share points.

To configure new share points:

1.

If the folder you wish to share doesn't yet exist on the server, create and properly name the folder using the Finder or the command-line tool mkdir.

Putting your share points inside Shared Items is a good idea (Figure 5.1).

Figure 5.1. Create a new folder to be a share point in the Finder.


2.

Launch the Workgroup Manager tool located in /Applications/Server, and authenticate as the administrator (Figure 5.2).

Figure 5.2. Open the Workgroup Manager tool.


3.

Click the Sharing icon in the Toolbar and the All tab above the sharing browser.

Clicking the All tab shows all the server's local volumes and their contents.

4.

The sharing browser works much like the Finder's column view. Select the folder, disk, or volume you wish to assign as a share point (Figure 5.3).

Figure 5.3. Select the folder in the share browser to be shared under the All tab.


5.

To the right of the sharing browser, click the General tab .

6.

Select the "Share this item and its contents" check box (Figure 5.4).

Figure 5.4. Checking the "Share this item and its contents" check box immediately creates the share point.


7.

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

8.

Click the Share Points tab , and verify that your newly created share point is shown on the list with the other share points (Figure 5.5).

Figure 5.5. The Publishing folder share point is selected in the share browser.


You may need to click the Refresh button in the Toolbar to update the shares shown.

Although the share point is now set, you'll probably need to configure permissions and file-sharing protocol options to fit your needs. Refer to the following tasks for more information about configuring permissions and file-sharing protocol options.

Tips

  • When you select an entire disk or volume as a share point, authorized users will be able to see all items on the disk or volume.

  • You can expand the Workgroup Manager window and show more than just two columns when selecting share points.




    Mac OS X 10. 3 Server Panther. Visual QuickPro Guide
    Mac OS X Server 10.3 Panther: Visual QuickPro Guide
    ISBN: 0321242521
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2004
    Pages: 105

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