Creating Share Points in OS X (not OS X Server)
We’ve had the ability to create share points when using personal file sharing for quite some time. Simply click a folder and select File -> Sharing, set your options, and go. With OS X, that functionality seems to have disappeared. According to Apple, we need OS X Server for this, but that is not so. Here’s how you can create your very own share points in Mac OS X:
- Open NetInfo Manager and authenticate.
- Create a new subdirectory in /config/SharePoints/ (click on config, then on SharePoints, then select Directory -> New Subdirectory).
- Set the name value to be what you’d like the share to be called (double-click on the Value column next to name).
- Add a new property (Directory -> New Property) and name it directory_path.
- Add a new value for directory_path. The value needs to be the path of the folder or volume (for example, /Users/username/Pictures).
- Save your changes in NetInfo.
- In the Finder, set the privileges on the folder or volume you’ll be sharing. Do Show Info, then Privileges, and pick what you like—Drop Box, Read Only, etc.
- Stop and restart the AFP Server from the Sharing preferences panel.
- Connect from a client and they will see the new share.
Notes: Users with admin privledges may not see the new share point, since they can see all volumes from the top anyway. Also, if you share items with spaces anywhere in the path, do not quote or otherwise escape the spaces when you add the directory_path into netinfo. If the volume being shared is read only (a CD ROM, for example), then just skip step seven.
Where do we go from here??
I have been living in Seattle since the middle of September and I am trying to figure out just what I am up to these days… I now have some part time work that should hold me for a short time, but I just don’t know how long it will last for. I could be employed for three months or three days… I would like it to last longer than that, but who really knows.
AirPort Extreme 802.11g
This article talks about a few differences between the 802.11a, and 802.11g standards… chiefly that Intel is going to support 802.11a and Apple has chosen 802.11g for continued support of their Airport wireless products…
The question is… Will Apple come up with a compatibility solution… perhaps a base station and cards that meet all of the key standards… a, b, and g
PGP Public Key
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What is PGP??
PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy. It is the standard for encrypted/signed e-mail communications. You can find copies of PGP freeware and the commercial version at http://www.pgp.com.
