Jonathan: Thanks for that suggestion. I have downloaded SharePoints and it seems to do exactly what I need.
Dan > Dan, > > I'm sure that you will get lots of responses to this, but let me offer > my $.02 just in case... > > Get SharePoints. > > You can get it at VersionTracker here: > > <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12512> > > > OS X doesn't have sharing of particular locations (like OS 9) other > than certain places in the Users folder. Sharepoints opens it all up > for you. > > > > One other thing I might recommend to all MacGroupies is to get some of > the "Take Control series", especially the one on Sharing Files: > > <http://www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/panther/sharing.html> > > There are others on that site that deal with other subjects related to > Panther. They're expensive ($5 to $10 each) for their size and the > fact that they are not paper and ink, but they are very focussed and > provide just what you need to understand and use each particular > subject. > > j. > > > > On Mar 3, 2004, at 5:15 PM, macgroup-digest wrote: > >> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 18:36:59 -0500 >> From: Dan Crutcher <dcrutcher at loumag.com> >> Subject: MacGroup: Sharing volumes in OS X >> >> In OS 9 if I wanted to share a volume (say, a Firewire hard drive >> connected to Computer A), I would have selected that volume while I >> was >> on Computer A, do a "Get Info", choose "Sharing" and put a checkmark >> in >> the "Share this item and its contents" box. Then I would set up >> sharing >> privileges for various users. >> >> How would I accomplish the same in OS X? >> >> I have just attached a Firewire drive to a computer running OS X >> 10.3.2 >> and now I am trying to access that drive from another computer on the >> same LAN. I have turned on Personal File Sharing in the "Sharing" >> preference panel; I have established myself as a user on that computer >> and I have put an alias of the drive ("Big Disk") in the Public folder >> in my User folder. When I connect to this computer from another >> computer, logging in under my own name, the Big Disk alias shows up in >> my Public folder, but when I click on it I get the message "The volume >> for "Big Disk" cannot be found." >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> Dan > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > jfletch at newmediaconstco.com > > NewMedia Construction Company > > Serving corporate and non-profit communicators with: > Photography - Graphic Design and Production > Writing and Editing - Data Management Solutions > Multimedia Production - Macintosh System Support > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
