I have a PowerMac G4 set up as a file sharing server at my church where I assist with the computers, network, and any all other technological aspects.
I consider myself pretty knowledgeable, but this has me stumped! How do I setup sharing only accounts to work over SMB?
Three machines use Windows; One uses Vista and the other two some flavor of XP. I have Windows Sharing turned on, but my sharing only accounts do not show up on the list to be enabled for Windows Sharing. Is there a trick to this? I'd rather not have full-blown accounts set up, but I will if I have to (If I do, how to I unshare the home folder?).*
For the SMB part, I have the server in the correct WINS workgroup, but many times it won't show up on the network, at least not for the PCs. When it does, the only folder available is Printers and Faxes, even when I have a "Shared" folder set up to be available to everyone!
*Right now I have full accounts set up, but the PCs still cannot access them. The only folder they see is the Printers and Faxes one. Is this fix as simple as setting the same user name a password on the server as the local account? The authentication box never appears (but does when I try to access an Intel iMac and type the correct share [all shares on the server are unavailable because of authentication issues]).
The PowerMac is connected via ethernet and is running Mac OS X 10.5.2.
Help? Thanks!
I consider myself pretty knowledgeable, but this has me stumped! How do I setup sharing only accounts to work over SMB?
Three machines use Windows; One uses Vista and the other two some flavor of XP. I have Windows Sharing turned on, but my sharing only accounts do not show up on the list to be enabled for Windows Sharing. Is there a trick to this? I'd rather not have full-blown accounts set up, but I will if I have to (If I do, how to I unshare the home folder?).*
For the SMB part, I have the server in the correct WINS workgroup, but many times it won't show up on the network, at least not for the PCs. When it does, the only folder available is Printers and Faxes, even when I have a "Shared" folder set up to be available to everyone!
*Right now I have full accounts set up, but the PCs still cannot access them. The only folder they see is the Printers and Faxes one. Is this fix as simple as setting the same user name a password on the server as the local account? The authentication box never appears (but does when I try to access an Intel iMac and type the correct share [all shares on the server are unavailable because of authentication issues]).
The PowerMac is connected via ethernet and is running Mac OS X 10.5.2.
Help? Thanks!