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
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