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Use this chapter to learn how to share specic volumes
and directories by using AFP, SMB, FTP, and NFS, and to set
standard and ACL permissions.
You use File Sharing in Server Admin to share information with clients of Mac OS X
Server and to control access to shared information by assigning access privileges.
To share folders or volumes on the server, set up share points. A share point is a folder,
hard disk, hard disk partition, CD, or DVD whose les are available for access across
a network. It’s the point of access at the top level of a hierarchy of shared items.
Users with access privileges to share points see them as volumes mounted on their
desktops or in their Finder windows.
Share Points and the Mac OS X Network Folder
If you congure your computer to connect to LDAP directory domains and you set it
with specic data mappings, you can control the access and availability of network
services by using Server Admin to:
Identify share points and shared domains that you want to mount automatically Â
in a user’s /Network/Servers/ folder, accessible in the Finder sidebar either under
Devices > Computer > Network, or Shared > All.
Add user records and group records (as dened in Workgroup Manager) and Â
congure their access.
When conguring share points, you must dene the users or groups that will access
the share points. You can use Workgroup Manager to:
Dene user and group records and congure their settings. Â
Dene lists of computers that have the same preference settings and that are Â
available to the same users and groups.
For information about conguring users and groups, see User Management.
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Setting Up Share Points