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Sharing external HD with PCs over SMB?
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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How does one access an external volume on OS X from a PC via SMB?
On the PC, if I use SMB (Start / Run then \\IP\share) only my home folder is shared. How do I add an external hard drive to be avaliable as a share?
I don't see any sharing options I can use to make the HD avaliable.
The only workaround I found is to create a soft link inside my home directory that points to the external HD.
I'm looking for a easier way to do this.
TIA
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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I recommend you get SharePoints, a handy little preference pane for configuring file sharing on the Mac. It'll do what you need done for your external volume access.
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Madison, WI
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SharePoints is great. You would think that OS X would have this functionality built in, similar to OS 9 file sharing and "users and groups", but it doesn't. Maybe in Tiger--anyone know?
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Originally posted by Macola:
SharePoints is great. You would think that OS X would have this functionality built in, similar to OS 9 file sharing and "users and groups", but it doesn't. Maybe in Tiger--anyone know?
Apple wants you to purchase their server version of Panther. They will not be upgrading the client in Tiger to provide what the server version gives you.
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Originally posted by SMacTech:
Apple wants you to purchase their server version of Panther. They will not be upgrading the client in Tiger to provide what the server version gives you.
Well, the server version existed in OS 9 days as well, so it's difficult to use that argument. Besides, most people don't need all the other functions of the server version just to do file sharing. Even XP, as much as I hate to say it, does a better job.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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No. Windows wasn't built multiuser, when you "share" you share based on what files are where, not who owns them or who has access. Or at least it's encouraged (read: people generally only know how to) set up that way.
If you want to serve a whole lot of users on MacOS X, that's when you use the Server version. The features aren't "missing", you simply need to know how to configure it....maybe Server gives you a nicer UI for it.
To answer the question, there are a few routes. The easiest is making an alias in your shared directory to the volume (you've done this, I've done this, it works). Or, make the shared directory a link to the drive. Or, make a new user, and set it's shared directory to be a specific folder somewhere else (Netinfo.app does this well, Users->MyUser->SharedFolder=>/Volumes/MyExternalVolume/). Finally, configure the /etc/smb.conf to share a drive, rather than being user specific.
XP does NOT do a better job. Samba is generally better (except when MS breaks compatibility to make the developers scramble), and no other Unix has a "Samba button" that just needs to be clicked to share files. I'd find the Samba vs. Windows2k-SMB benchmarks, but suffice to say that Samba can support a few thousand more users on the same server.
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Tasmania, Australia
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The standard way to do this is to edit the smb.conf file (the samba configuration file).
man smb.conf
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Urbandale, IA
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The main reason Apple doesn't build in the same users and groups functionality into the Client version of Mac OS X is because Mac OS X is a multi-user OS. The only files that a given user is guaranteed to own are those files in her/his home directory.
Also, the owner of a machine might not want some other user sharing /Applications/Games/MyCoolGameWithLaxCopyProtection over the network. How do you decide who gets to do what?
Basically, it all comes down to the multi-user nature of the beast (and the desire for simplicity).
If you wanted to get away with sharing the external volume and not muck around with anything (though SharePoints is a great utility and it's unlikely that it'd screw anything up), you could try making a symbolic link (not an alias) from the external drive into your Home Directory. Don't know if it'd work, but it's worth a shot.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Nov 1999
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Originally posted by SMacTech:
Apple wants you to purchase their server version of Panther. They will not be upgrading the client in Tiger to provide what the server version gives you.
Actually, the server version only provides a good UI over the Samba backend built into all OSX versions. This is where SharePoints comes in; it gives you an interface to configure the Samba backend more fully.
Truth be told, if you're willing to learn the ins and outs of Samba config files you don't even need SharePoints, but the GUI it provides can be very convenient.
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