Specifications

138 Chapter 9 Working with File Services
Listing Share Points
To list share points:
$ sudo sharing -l
In the resulting list is a section of properties similar to the following for each share
point defined on the server (1 = yes, true, or enabled; 0 = false, no, or disabled).
name: Share1
path: /Volumes/100GB
afp: {
name: Share1
shared: 1
guest access: 0
inherit perms: 0
}
ftp: {
name: Share1
shared: 1
guest access: 1
}
smb: {
name: Share1
shared: 1
guest access: 1
inherit perms: 0
oplocks: 0
strict locking: 0
directory mask: 493
create mask: 420 }
Creating a Share Point
To create a share point:
$ sudo sharing -a path [-n customname ] [-A afpname ] [-F ftpname ]
[-S
smbname ] [-s shareflags ] [-g guestflags ] [-i inheritflags ]
[-c
creationmask ] [-d directorymask ] [-o oplockflag ]
[-t
strictlockingflag ]
Parameter Description
path The full path to the folder you want to share.
customname The name of the share point. If you don’t specify the custom name, it’s set to the
name of the folder, the last name in
path .
afpname The share point name shown to and used by AFP clients. This name is not the
same as the share point name.
ftpname The share point name shown to and used by FTP clients.
smbname The share point name shown to and used by SMB clients.
shareflags A three-digit binary number indicating the protocols used to share the folder. The
digits represent, from left to right, AFP, FTP, and SMB.
1=shared, 0=not shared.