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Preface
About This Guide
Learn what’s new for Mac OS X Server File Services
Administration.
Mac OS X Server version 10.4 offers reliable, high-performance file services using native
protocols for Mac, Windows, and Linux workgroups. The server is designed to fit
seamlessly into virtually any environment including mixed enterprise networks.
Mac OS X Server v10.4 delivers expanded function of current features and introduces
additional features to enhance support for heterogeneous networks, maximize user
productivity, and make file services more secure and easier to manage.
What’s New in Version 10.4
• Access Control Lists (ACLs)—ACLs go beyond the limitations of traditional Portable
Operating System Interface (POSIX) file permissions to give you greater flexibility
over assigning access permissions to files, folders and network services. ACLs in
Mac OS X Server are compatible with those in Windows servers.
• NFS resharing—You can now use Workgroup Manager to reshare NFS volumes using
AFP, which, unlike NFS, provides service discovery and secure authentication.
• Unified locking—Mac OS X Server unifies file locking across AFP and SMB/CIFS
protocols. This feature lets users working on multiple platforms simultaneously share
files without worrying about file corruption.
What’s in This Guide
This guide includes the following chapters:
• Chapter 1, “Overview of File Services,” provides an overview of Mac OS X Server file
services, explains standard permissions and ACLs, and discusses related security
issues.
• Chapter 2, “Setting Up Share Points,” describes how to share specific volumes and
directories via the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), Server Message Block (SMB)/Common
Internet File System (CFIS), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and Network File System (NFS)
protocols. It also describes how to set standard and ACL permissions.