Specifications
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Automounting
You can congure client computers to automatically mount share points. These share
points can be static or dynamic:
 Static share points are mounted on demand. You can assign statically mounted
share points to specic folders.
 Dynamic share points are mounted on demand and are in the /Network/Servers/
server_name/ folder.
Share Points and Network Home Folders
Network authenticated users can have their home folder stored locally on the client
computer they are using or on a network server. Network home folders are an
extension of simple automounts.
A home folder share point is mounted when the user logs in. It provides the user the
same environment to store les as if the folders were on the local computer.
The benet of network home folders is that they can be accessed by any client
computer that logs in to a specic server that provides network home folder services
for that user.
For information, see “Network Home Folders” on page 35.
Setup Overview
You use File Sharing in Server Admin to create share points and set privileges for them.
Here is an overview of the basic steps for setting up share points:
Step 1: Read “Before Setting Up a Share Point”
For issues to consider before sharing information about your network, read “Before
Setting Up a Share Point” on page 34.
Step 2: Locate or create the information you want to share
Decide which volumes, partitions, or folders you want to share.
You might want to move folders and les to dierent locations before setting up the
share point. You might also want to partition a disk into volumes so you can give each
volume dierent access privileges or create folders that have dierent levels of access.
See “Shared Information Organization” on page 35.
Step 3: Set up share points and set privileges
When you designate an item to be a share point, you also set its privileges. You create
share points and set privileges using File Sharing in Server Admin. See “Setting Up a
Share Point” on page 36.