I have an action that will do that, or at least I had an action that would do that. Yee for automator if the fix the compatability issues with lion.
I hear that it won't work but I'll give it a try. There wa ssomeone that did this but I really dunno how they did it. On Dec 1, 2011, at 7:24 AM, Travis Siegel wrote: > You can try a sim-link to the file, but I'm not sure if that will work or > not, since the ftp folder usually doesn't follow sim-links. However, if you > want to try it, you'll need a terminal prompt, then change to the folder > where the user's home folder is located, and type something like: > ln -s filename /Volumes/machd/users/shared/file > This will create a new file in their home folder named filename, and will > sim-link it to the file located in the /users/shared folder that is called > file. > The permissions on te file should be set so that the user has read access to > the file (since all users are in the same group, the default is to give read > access automatically), and assuming the ftp file system allows sim-links, > they will be able to download the file. > There is no method of handling this task via the finder, so terminal is it, > unless you create an apple script to do the job for you (which btw wouldn't > be difficult), if you need help with it, drop a line, and I'll see what I can > do for you. > hth. > On Nov 30, 2011, at 11:33 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> So I've created an account for someone using the ftp server which is hidden >> in mac osx lion. tha'ts fine, but the file I want them to have is on another >> drive and i don't want to copy it to there account folder. Is there a >> solution here to this quandry? >> >> Thanks. >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
