[Macpartners] OS X.5 Server and File Sharing

[Patrick M McNeal]

On Jul 29, 2009, at 5:39 PM, Brandy J Baker wrote:

> I just set up a brand new OS 10.5 server – with Advanced  
> configuration because I didn’t want to install a bunch of stuff that  
> I don’t want on the server.  I followed the instructions from the  
> apple documentation to set up a test file share, and configured AFS,  
> FTP and SMB services.  I checked the file permissions, and I think  
> they’re correct because the FTP service is working just fine.  Both  
> AFS users and SMB users don’t even get a login screen, though the  
> machine is listed under our workgroup for the Windows users.
>
> I don’t have any workgroup management installed on the server – just  
> the file sharing (it is also a Filemaker Server, but that is running  
> properly).  I disabled the Firewall until I got the other services  
> working.
>
> If you have any advice, please email me.  Otherwise, tomorrow  
> afternoon I’m going to reinstall 10.5 Server with Standard  
> configuration and see if I have better luck using the Server  
> Preferences window to set things up.

Hey Brandy - I've moved this message over to the MacPartners mailing  
list.  Being so Mac specific question, you might get some more help  
here.

I'd first try to get AFP working.  (I'm guessing that it's AFP and not  
AFS, as AFP is what's build-in OS X.)  Make sure you've got a static  
IP address assigned to the server.  If you first setup the server  
using a dynamic address, I'd suggest that you reinstall the server to  
make sure that it gets the correct settings.  Once that's setup,  
you'll have to create user accounts on the server for each person that  
needs to login, and grant those users permission to the file share  
their trying to access.

At this point, mac users should be able to connect to the server by  
going to the finder, selecting "Connect to Server" from the "Go" menu,  
and entering the server name.  With this setup, users will have to  
enter their password as set on the Mac OS X server.  For security  
reasons, it should not be the same as their MIT kerberos password.

If that doesn't work, and you don't already have user data on the  
server, it might be easier to re-install the server, using the  
standard configuration.  As a general rule of thumb, I'd try to get  
one service working at a time before enabling another one.

Hope that helps.

--Patrick

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