Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 209)

Sharing 209
Step 1: Read “Before You Begin”
Read “Before You Begin” on page 209 for issues you should consider before sharing
information on your network.
Step 2: Locate or create the information you want to share
Decide which volumes, partitions, folders, and CDs you want to share. You may want to
move some folders and files to different locations before setting up sharing. You may want to
partition a disk into volumes to give each volume different access privileges or create folders
that will have different levels of access. See “Organize Your Shared Information” on page 210.
Step 3: Designate share points and set privileges
When you designate an item to be a share point, you set its privileges at the same time. You
create share points and set privileges in the Sharing module of Workgroup Manager. See
“Setting Up Sharing” on page 211.
Step 4: Turn file services on
In order for users to be able to access share points, you must turn on the Mac OS X Server
file services. Turn on each file service that you use to share items. For example, if you use
Apple File Protocol with your share point, you must turn on Apple File Server. You can share
an item using more than one protocol. See Chapter 5, “File Services,” on page 221.
Before You Begin
Before you assign privileges, you need to understand how privileges for shared items work.
Consider which users need access to shared items and what type of privileges you want those
users to have. Privileges are described at the beginning of this chapter—see “Privileges” on
page 205.
You also need to determine which protocols clients will use to access share points. In
general, you will want to set up independent share points for each type of client, and share
the item using a single protocol:
m Mac OS clients—Apple Filing Protocol (AFP)
m Windows clients—Server Message Block (SMB)
m FTP clients—File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
m UNIX clients—Network File System (NFS)
In some cases you will want to share an item using more than one protocol. If client users
will be sharing files that have common formats across platforms, you will want to create a
share point that supports users of each platform. For example, Mac OS and Windows users
might want to share graphics or word processing files that can be used on either platform.