Keep this dialogue up, I want to learn and this is great. Many thanks, John R.
On Jul 14, 2004, at 10:15 AM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > Schoun et alia: > > ... continuing a discussion of several weeks ago ... > > I have installed OS X (10.3.4) regular version (non-server) on the > machine I want to use as our file sharing server. Now I would like to > set it up as follows (if this is possible): > > Assume 10 total users accessing this computer via LAN, all on Macs > running either X or OS 9. > > I want each user to be able to log on to the server using his own > username and password, but once logged on, I want each user to have > access to a folder or volume that contains "drop-box" (write-only) > folders for all other users -- so that User 1 can log on and easily > "drop" files into the folders of Users 2, 3, 5 and 10 (but not be able > to see the contents of those users' folders). > > Each user would have read/write access to his own folder, but that > folder would appear as a drop box to all other users. > > The problem I'm having is that if I set User 1 up with a user account > on the file-sharing computer, when User 1 logs on he only has access > to the "User 1" volume/folder -- which contains his own drop box and > other folders that he might create -- but no access at all to the > "User 2" volume/folder, and therefore has no easy way to drop a file > into User 2's public drop box. > > In OS 9, this was fairly easy to do using the "Users and Groups" > function of the File Sharing control panel, but so far I haven't been > able to figure out how to do it in X. > > Your answer below seems to indicate that you I can set up a folder > that a group would have access to, but I don't see any way to then > define which users are part of that group. There are predefined groups > that show up in the Get Info box under Ownership and Permissions, and > each user account appears as a group, but I don't see a way to put > several users accounts together under one group. > > I realize the ultimate answer may be: Get OS X Server, but I want to > understand fully the file-sharing capabilities of "regular" OS X > before I go that route. > > Thanks. > > Dan > >>> Question #1: If I upgrade the "server" computer to OS X (non-server >>> version), will I be able to accomplish all of the same things that we >>> are doing now: drop folders, assigning of user and group privileges, >>> etc.? It is my understanding that those features are not built into >>> OS >>> X regular version, but that I could accomplish much the same thing >>> using a shareware program called SharePoints. Is that accurate >>> (assuming you're familiar with SharePoints)? >> You have three options when sharing: >> One person can be the owner of the folder >> One group can be associated with the folder >> Guests can also be associated with the folder >> Each one of those categories can have different permissions. >> Each one of the categories can read only, write only, read/write, or >> have no >> access at all. >> You will have a folder with you as the owner, and you can read and >> write to >> the folder with the files inside. >> You will have a group associated with the folder. They can have read >> and >> write access to the folder with the files inside too. >> You can turn off guest access to keep others out. > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
