There are four ways to create groups in Mountain Lion Server. The first is using the Server app, the second is using Workgroup Manager, the third is using the Users & Groups System Preference pane and the fourth is using the command line. In this article we will look at creating groups in the Server app. Once a server has been an Open Directory Master all user and group accounts created will be in the Local Network Group when created in Server app. Before that, all user and group objects are stored locally when created in Server app. Once promoted to an Open Directory server, local groups must be created…
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Podcast Producer Workflow ACLs
When using Podcast Producer, the Podcast Capture client application will ask each user for a username and password. Armed with the authentication credentials. Once a podcast has been captured then the user will be provided with a list of workflows that they have access to. But where are these configured? They can be added and removed from Server Admin. And each can have a user, users, a group or groups that have access to use them. By limiting access to each workflow, based on the Workflow ACL, you can then limit who can access to different blogs, who can use various automations and even who can publish to an iTunes…
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Mac OS X: Repairing Drop Box Issues in Leopard
Peer-to-peer networking can be very easy with Mac OS X. But due to an issue with ACLs it can be a little annoying in the Leopard release of Mac OS X. Essentially, when files are copied to the drop box, they aren’t accessible by the owner of the drop box due to an ACL issue. To repair, run this command, replacing short_name with the username that has the dropbox: chmod +a "short_name allow list,add_file,search,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,writesecurity,chown,file_inherit,directory_inherit" /Users/short_username/Public/Drop Box
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Recursively Remove ACLs
The following command can be used to recursively remove all ACLs from a tree of your folder hierarchy: chmod -RN /path/to/directory