networking question - mac/pc, specific folder

[BabaG]

i'm just setting up a small network with a final cut pro system at the
heart. there is also a simple pc from which i'd like to feed some files
to the mac. i have successfully gotten them to see each other so far but
would like help in getting a more specific configuration.

as things are now, when i log into the mac from the pc i see my user
account's home folder. what i would like to have happen is that the pc
only see a specific folder on the mac (osx 10.4.8) rather than the entire
home folder. the folder i want to have the pc see is not on the main mac
system drive where the home folder resides, it is on an external sata raid
box.

on windows i can select specific folders and assign them to share or not
and each of these folders then shows up in the windows network neighborhood
as an icon. i'd like to do something like this with a mac folder.

the reason for this is that the pc is being used for a single purpose,
generating still photo images which the mac will use. i want to save
them from the pc directly to a specific folder and not have the pc user
ever see anything else of the mac. iow, as far as the pc user knows,
the mac folder is just an external storage location, nothing more.

every link to info i've found online so far either stops at the info on
displaying the mac's home folder on the pc, nothing about limiting the
pc's view to specific folders other than home, or, more commonly, they
show how to go the other way, displaying pc folders on the mac.

any clues or links to how i can do this are much apreciated,
BabaG

 

[4np]

The weird thing with OSX's default samba configuration is that it shares the entire user folder. As the share configuration is stored in one single configuration file (/etc/smb.conf) you can edit that manually if you want. Make sure to create a backup first though

After you made any changes you have restart samba (smb).

For more information on the samba configuration file check (for example) this page: http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Developers-Guide/parsing.html

A quick answer would be:

comment (add a ; at the beginning of the line) the following section to disable sharing of user dirs:

;[homes]
;   comment = User Home Directories
;   browseable = no
;   read only = no

add the following section to share (for example) /Users/BabaG/movies:

[movies]
   path = /Users/BabaG/movies
   public = yes
   only guest = yes
   writable = yes
   printable = no

good luck