File sharing and privileges?

scottmso

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Hey all:

I'm trying to figure out how to set up Samba sharing on OSX for a "share-only" user without sharing everything. The only circumstance under which Samba sharing will work is with my administrator account, and when I connect I see all of my drives plus all of my shared folders; it will not let me turn on Samba sharing for any other users. AFP works exactly as I want it to, but I want to have these shared folders accessible by Windows users too.

Any advice appreciated. Thanks.

-scott
 
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I assume you created a new account in Accounts specifically with "Sharing Only" privileges?


When you go into Sharing -> File Sharing -> Options and enable SMB, does that new account show up below in the list of accounts? If it does, I also assume you clicked the little radio button beside it to enable it.

Get any error messages or anything?


Perhaps some screenshots of both your File Sharing screens and the Options screen would help us pinpoint whats happening.
 
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