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File Sharing HELP PLEASE

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Ne0the1

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Jan 5, 2013
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Hello all,

Why is this happening. I have two macs, connected to the same network. I open preferences and select file sharing on both.

Now I thought it would only share what is in the shared folders column, however it is completely sharing every file between both macs.

How can I limit it to only share specific folders. I completely emptied the shared folders list on both macs, and i'm still able to view every file on each one.

This is weird - Help Please.
 
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Turn it off before making changes. Make your changes and then turn it back on.

Make sure your account and permissions are set correctly as well.
 
Say Machine 1 uses account and password A, and machine 2 uses account and password B.

If you log into machine 2 using machine 1 with account and password B, then you'll get access to everything on the machine, as you have essentially logged straight into it.

Were you to use a "Guest" account, only Public folders (and the ones you choose to share) will be visible.
 
snaky69 said:
Say Machine 1 uses account and password A, and machine 2 uses account and password B.

If you log into machine 2 using machine 1 with account and password B, then you'll get access to everything on the machine, as you have essentially logged straight into it.

Were you to use a "Guest" account, only Public folders (and the ones you choose to share) will be visible.
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Thanks, but I never got the option to log in at all, when I went into finder, both macs where able to see each other and view all folders. There never came a time where I had to log in, it was automatic. I can't understand why this is happening?
 
Ne0the1 said:
Thanks, but I never got the option to log in at all, when I went into finder, both macs where able to see each other and view all folders. There never came a time where I had to log in, it was automatic. I can't understand why this is happening?
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Would both mac be using the same credentials, by any chance?
 
BrianBaughn said:
Open Keychain Access (it's in the Applications/Utilities folder) and inspect the list to see if the login credentials are saved for the shared Mac.
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Hi I checked,

No log in credentials saved for the shared mac.
 
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