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

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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:57:55 -0800

Yes you can enable macfile sharing on an existing windows file share. The
macfile volume command does not change windows sharing. In your case the
command

macfile volume /add /name:personal /path:c:\personal

ought to enable Mac clients to access the share named personal.

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"Maurice" <mve@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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> 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
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> > 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
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> > > 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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