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So let’s say you have a directory at /Shares/Public and you want to create a share point called PUBLIC. To create a share point for AFP you can use the following command: Using this command you can programmatically inspect, create, delete and augment information for share points using sharing. The File Sharing service can also be controlled from the command line. If you’d like to connect via AFP ‘cause you’re all old school, enter afp:// in front of the address and then click Connect. A change that happened way, way back in Mavericks is that when you enter an address, the client connects over SMB by default (which is even better now that those connections can be encrypted). To connect to a share, use the Connect to Server dialog, available by clicking Connect to Server in the Go menu. Once configured, you’ll want to connect to your server from a client. If you don’t have the server app, many of these same options will be available by doing a Get Info on a folder (which you can do with the Command-I keystroke, or with the File->Get Info menu item, within a standard Finder window. Once you make changes, you can use the same cog wheel icon to “Propagate Permissions.” Doing so will apply the same set of permissions on all child files. From here, you can browse to a given share to configure ACLs.įrom the cog wheel icon at the bottom of the screen, choose the Edit Permissions… button.Īt the Edit Permissions screen, you can add additional users, and configure permissions more granularly than otherwise. If you have the Server app, the best way to do this is to open the Server app, click on the name of the server, and then click on the Storage tab. Once shared, configure the permissions of the folder. Then, use the + sign to add a add a new shared folder.īrowse to the folder you’d like to share and then click on the Add button. I like to remove everything the system adds by default. From the File Sharing entry in System Preferences, you’ll see a list of Shared Folders and Users.

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Check the box for each user that will be sharing files via Windows (unnecessary with OD-based users), and each protocol you’d like to share data as. Notice that FTP is gone and will need to be started from the command line. This brings up the ability to choose whether to share with AFP or SMB.

First, we’ll configure the global options using the Options… button.

To access the sharing options, open System Preferences and click on File Sharing. You can still configure users and groups using the Server app, and once those are created, you’ll be ready to configure share points that can be accessed using the Sharing System Preferences.Ĭonfigure Sharing Through System Preferences And while the GUI elements are gone from the Server app in High Sierra, the options available in the client operating system have matured to the point where they’re no longer really necessary. MacOS Server 5.2/5.3 and below had this great file sharing service.

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