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Re: How to configure no home folders but a folder



> After researching a lot yesterday I figured ACLs are the way to go.
>
> Here is what I have tried:
>
> 1. Turned on ACLs on the RAID.
> 2. Made a sharepoint.
> 3. Made a group in WGM.
> 4. Since server is bound to AD I then took a recently made group in
> AD and nested it in the the OD group.
> 5. Added AD users to the AD group.
> 6. Created folders for the AD users in the sharepoint.
>
> This is where I got confused about what permissions I should use.  I
> want only the owner to see inside of their own folder and no one else
> can see in it or drop anything into it.  I guess if I made a group
> like the OS does when you create a new user so it is the same as the
> user then I should be able to lock out everyone except the owner of
> the folder. Here is where I get lost.

Hmmmm. It should just be enough to give the owner of the folder r/w access
and no access for anyone else.

No ACLs needed in this case.

Josh
www.afp548.com

>
> On Jun 27, 2006, at 3:53 PM, Dan Shoop wrote:
>
>> At 8:48 AM -0500 6/27/06, Robert Croy wrote:
>>> I want to use OS X server for folders for students so they can
>>> store their videos.  I don't need a network home folder, it
>>> confuses too many students.  They are not capturing video to the
>>> network storage but they are transferring the files to the storage
>>> afterwards.
>>>
>>> I have tried to setup an account in OD and then just define a
>>> folder in the share point setup for the students.  In WGM I used
>>> custom mount path and gave it /Desktop.  But even though I changed
>>> permissions others are able to view files from each user.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to make this work without having a network home
>>> folder in OS X server?
>>
>> Use ACLs.
>>
>> A user doesn't have to have a home. But a user will have permission
>> to all they have been assigned access. It only makes sense that
>> they should.
>>
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>
> Robert Croy, ACTC, CCNA
> Co-Coordinator, Center for Technologies in Teaching and Learning
> Macintosh and Media Specialist
> Office of Educational Technology
> College of Education
> University of Illinois
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