Sharing not working between two macs

[bozs13]

Ok so here it goes. I have a mac mini here hooked up to a time capsule through a cat5 to the back of it. I have a friend here that is connected to it wirelessly. I have turned on file sharing for a folder on my external hard drive and he can not see it whatsoever. The only thing he can see is my public folder, not matter what I do, what account I add to the sharing privileges etc.

Any ideas? Any sharing settings I might have missed...I've tried alone long enough and searched but haven't found any definitive answers.

Thanks guys, Leo

 

[Cerebrus' Maw]

Ok so here it goes. I have a mac mini here hooked up to a time capsule through a cat5 to the back of it. I have a friend here that is connected to it wirelessly. I have turned on file sharing for a folder on my external hard drive and he can not see it whatsoever. The only thing he can see is my public folder, not matter what I do, what account I add to the sharing privileges etc.

Any ideas? Any sharing settings I might have missed...I've tried alone long enough and searched but haven't found any definitive answers.

Thanks guys, Leo

Im assuming your external is connected via USB?
Can your friend see the drive at all?Or can he see it, but not any folder on it?
Do a Get Info on the drive itself, and check its rights under permissions.

 

[Le Big Mac]

I believe you have to share the drive and then share specific folders on it.

 

[bozs13]

Im assuming your external is connected via USB?
Can your friend see the drive at all?Or can he see it, but not any folder on it?
Do a Get Info on the drive itself, and check its rights under permissions.

No, it is firewire...is that a problem? I can't imagine it being a problem but who knows.
No, he can not see the drive at all.
I'll do that.

I believe you have to share the drive and then share specific folders on it.

I'll try that.

thanks guys...I'll report back