#SHARE WINDOWS DIRECTORY FOR MAC MAC OS X#

The default permissions for a given folder are inherited from the folderвЂ™s underlying UNIX directory permissions. Your choices are: Read & Write, Read Only, and Write Only (Drop Box).

The specific access options for shared folders in Mac OS X is either quite straightforward or needlessly basic, depending upon your perspective. Therefore, using these identities is a good idea from a security standpoint. The main difference between Sharing Only accounts and standard Mac OS X user accounts is that Sharing Only accounts cannot be used to log on interactively to a Mac OS X computer. You should protect these accounts with (of course) a strong password. The New Person button allows you to create a special type of Mac OS X user account known as a Sharing-Only account. Next, click the plus sign below the Users: field (marked вЂњCвЂќ in Figure 3) and select the Mac OS X user account(s) that you want to add to the ACL.

You will now see the name of that selected folder in the Shared Folders list. When youвЂ™ve located that directory, select it and then click Add. What this option does is to allow you to populate your shared foldersвЂ™ access control lists (ACLs), explained further on in this article.Д¬lick the plus sign ( +) beneath the Shared Folders list (marked вЂњBвЂќ in Figure 3) and browse to your desired directory. Select the option Share files and folders using SMB (Windows), and then check any local Mac OS X accounts that you want to enable for sharing. Next, click Options (shown as вЂњAвЂќ in the next screenshot). When you enable File Sharing, you simultaneously enable the Samba server service. NOTE: In previous versions of Mac OS X, the relevant option was named Windows Sharing. In the Sharing preference pane, enable File Sharing. In the System Preferences panel, in the Internet & Wireless icon group, open the Sharing item.

#SHARE WINDOWS DIRECTORY FOR MAC MAC OS X#

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