Specifications

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• The share point should be in the same Open Directory domain where the user
accounts are defined.
• To provide service to all types of clients, the complete pathname of an AFP or NFS
network home directory must not contain spaces and must not exceed 89 characters.
For more information, see the Apple Knowledge Base article107695 at
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107695.
Important: You should store home directories in AFP share points, because AFP
provides authentication-level access security, which a service such as NFS does not
provide. With AFP, a user must log in with a valid name and password to access files.
Disk Quotas
You can limit the disk space a user’s home directory can occupy by setting a quota on
the Home pane of the user’s account settings in Workgroup Manager.
To set space quotas for other share points, you must use the command line. See the file
services chapter of the command-line administration guide.
Setup Overview
You use the Sharing module of Workgroup Manager 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 You Begin”
Read “Before Setting Up a Share Point” on page 30 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, or folders you want to share. You may want to move
folders and files to different locations before setting up the share point. You may want
to partition a disk into volumes so you can give each volume different access privileges
or create folders that will have different levels of access. See “Shared Information
Organization” on page 31.
Step 3: Set up 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 a Share Point” on page 33.