Re: Mac OS9 and accessing existing shares on Server 2003/2000 at login

From: Maurice (mve_at_fastmail.fm)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: 25 Mar 2004 19:51:02 -0800

Hi Jim,

Does the Macfile command allow one to take an existing Windows share
and Macfile-enable it _after_ it's already been created? For example,
I have a directory C:\Personal that is shared \\Server\personal . It
appears that one must Macintosh-enable a share at creation otherwise
you must start over.

In my situation, I didn't have Macintosh services installed when I
originally setup the server and created/shared "Personal" but now
several months later need to Mac-enable a number of shares for MAC OS9
clients. I installed Mac-services just a couple of days ago on Server
2003.

Thanks for the help.

"Jim Seifert [MSFT]" <jimsei@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<#3pe6OsEEHA.3408@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> Each Macfile share must be created in one of two ways, in Computer Manager
> by creating a new share or using the command - macfile volume /add.
> The syntax of this command is:
>
> MACFILE VOLUME /ADD
> [/SERVER:\\computername] The default is local.
> /NAME:volumename
> /PATH:root directory path
> [/READONLY:TRUE|FALSE] The default is True. (There is a
> bug here - the in build help says false.)
> [/PASSWORD:password] The default is no password.
> [/MAXUSERS:number|UNLIMTED] The default is unlimited.
>
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> "Maurice" <mve@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
> news:2602221e.0403242140.41e43579@posting.google.com...
> > Hello
> >
> > I have Windows Server 2003 and a Mac OS9 client. I can login
> > successfully but the only volume that comes up is the Microsoft UAM
> > volume,
> > which I have copied into the AppleShare folder (with Chooser, etc
> > closed).
> >
> > However none of the shares on Server 2003 are visible. In
> > particular, we have a "Personal" directory (with numerous domain-user
> > subfolders) and a "Lab_data" directory for
> > example, which are accessible by users on Windows and Mac OS X
> > computers
> > (using SMB). There seem to be no options for exposing the existing
> > shares on the Server 2003 computer to the Mac OS 9 clients under
> > Computer Management -> Shared Folders -> Shares. I know that NEW
> > shares can be created and have a Macintosh-enablement option. I can't
> > help but think I am missing something obvious. Searching "macfile" in
> > help suggests though that if you have have shared folders under
> > Shares, that those will just be naturally shared under mac file
> > services, which is indeed installed and running.
> >
> > Strangely, our old NT4 Server allows one to create Mac volumes from
> > existing shares, so there's got to be a way to do it under Server 2003
> > I'd think. When you login to the NT4 machine from a Mac OS9 computer,
> > you get volumes "Personal" and "Lab_data" as ones that can be
> > accessed.
> >
> >
> > If anyone has any insight on this issue, it'd be appreciated.

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