Specifications

Step 4: Turn specic le services on
For users to access share points, you must turn on the required Mac OS X Server le
services. For example, if you use AFP with your share point, you must turn on AFP
service. You can share an item using more than one protocol.
For more information, see Chapter 5, “Working with SMB Service”; Chapter 6, “ Working
with NFS Service”; or Chapter 7, “Working with FTP Service.”
Before Setting Up a Share Point
Before you set up a share point, consider the following topics:
Client privileges Â
File sharing protocols Â
Shared information organization Â
Security Â
Network home folders Â
Disk quotas Â
Client Privileges
Before you set up a share point, you should understand how privileges for shared
items work. Determine which users need access to shared items and what permissions
you want those users to have. Permissions are described in Chapter 2. See “Kinds of
Permissions” on page 18.
File Sharing Protocols
You also must know which protocols clients use to access the share points. In general,
you should set up unique share points for each type of client and share them using
a single protocol:
Mac OS clients—Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) Â
Windows clients—Server Message Block (SMB) Â
UNIX clients—Network File System (NFS) Â
FTP clients—File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Â
Note: With unied locking, applications can use locks to coordinate access to les even
when using dierent protocols. This permits users working on multiple platforms to
share les across AFP, SMB, and NFS protocols without worrying about le corruption
caused by locking issues between protocols.
In some cases you might want to share an item using more than one protocol. For
example, Mac OS and Windows users might want to share graphics or word processing
les that either le protocol can use. If so, you can create a single share point that
supports both platforms.
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