File Services are perhaps the most important aspect of any server because file servers are often the first server an organization purchases. There are a number of protocols built into OS X Mavericks Server dedicated to serving files, including AFP, SMB and WebDAV. These services, combined comprise the File Sharing service in OS X Mavericks Server (Server 3). File servers have shares. In OS X Mavericks Server we refer to these as Share Points. By default: File Sharing has some built-in Share Points that not all environments will require. Each of these shares is also served by AFP and SMB, something else you might not want (many purely Mac environments…
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Setting Up File Services in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Server
File Services are perhaps the most important aspect of any server because file servers are often the first server an organization purchases. There are a number of protocols built into OS X Mountain Lion Server dedicated to serving files, including AFP, SMB and WebDAV. These services, combined comprise the File Sharing service in OS X Mountain Lion Server. File servers have shares. In OS X Mountain Lion Server we refer to these as Share Points. By default: File Sharing has some built-in Share Points that not all environments will require. Each of these shares is also served by AFP and SMB, something else you might not want (many purely Mac…
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Accessing MobileMe Public Folders
Public Folders in Mobile Me can be password protected. They can also be set as Read Only, using the iDisk tab of the MobileMe System Preference pane. Here, in a section called Your iDisk Public Folder you will see an option to Allow others to: and you will be able to set this to Read only or Read and Write. If you set it to Read only then while users will be able to see the files you store on your iDisk they will not be able to alter them. If you set it to Read and Write then other users will be able to upload to your Public Folder.…