When you click the button labaled "Add User" a open dialog box will appear I would expect you could pick any directory in there. I don't know enough about SAMBA to answer your other question. I would suggest looking at a take control book, or look at Samba documentation. You should be able to use Samba directly if you are familiar with it from a Linux implementation.
On Aug 9, 2009, at 11:09 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: > > Thanks for this. I've been meaning to do something like this for a > while but I hadn't got round to googling it. Would you happen to know > if I would be able to share a hole drive with write access fora given > user as apposed to sharing every folder indervidually? I'm used to > disabling simple file sharing on my pc's and then having access to the > default admin shares which include every drive. On that note, do you > know if I am able to append $'s to the share names so that they are > hidden like I do in windows? > Once again, thanks. > > On 10/08/2009, Jonathan C. Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> setting Dear Friends, >> These instructions are just the overview. I assume the reader is >> familiar with configuring system preferences. >> 1. Go to sharing system preference pane. >> 2. Select file sharing in the "Services" table. >> 3. Click the options button (if problems make sure the system >> preferences are unlocked) >> 4. Click the SMB check box to enable windows style file sharing. >> 5. There is a table of user names below this check box. You must >> click >> each check box for a user that is allowed to use SMB this will then >> ask for that users password. >> 6. Click the OK button to return to the main sharing panel. >> 7. There are two untitled tables in the sharing pane. The first one >> is >> a list of directories that can be mounted. (Sharepoints) The second >> table lists users and their permissions for the selected sharepoint. >> Below these boxes are 4 buttons which are incorrectly ladled. >> The "Add Users" button is actually "Add Sharepoint", the "Add >> Sharepoint" is actually "add user" and the same can be said for the >> remove buttons. What is also interesting and I have not investigated >> is that it appears that entries in your address book can be added as >> file sharing users. >> >> Hope all of this helps and does not confuse. >> >> Jon >> >> On Aug 9, 2009, at 8:25 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Jon, >>> >>> Where do you turn on SMB file sharing? All the other computers on my >>> network are PCs. I didn't see an option for that in System >>> Preferences/ >>> Sharing. Also, is turning on file sharing all I have to do to get >>> the >>> PUblic folder shared? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Anna >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> >> > > > -- > Kind regards, BEN. > > email: [email protected] > msn: [email protected] > web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction) > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
