Re: Setting up SMB on the macintosh.

2009-08-10 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
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 a

Re: Setting up SMB on the macintosh.

2009-08-09 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Jon, Thanks so much. Your instructions worked like a charm. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.co

Re: Setting up SMB on the macintosh.

2009-08-09 Thread ben mustill-rose
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 sh

Setting up SMB on the macintosh.

2009-08-09 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
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 prefer