ACL control on OS X for ExFat drive

Is it possible to use ACL controls on OS X 10.9 (Server) when using an ExFat formatted drive? I am sharing the drive via the file sharing service and I want to make it available to only certain users or groups. Currently, I get an error notice saying that POSIX permissions will not apply to an ExFat Drive, but I can not tell where I am supposed to enable, or add, or otherwise control ACL features in the server app.

Thank you, I found the ACL interface now... That was very helpful. The kicker (in my case) is that the ExFat drives are not showing up in the storage options tab. (Step #2 in your list.) So, it seems that from the interface I can not apply the ACLs. However, it should be noted that the File Sharing service does see the drives (and their icons are also on the desktop and in the Finder sidebar). So, the drives are mounting but not visible in the storage options tab. Any suggestions?
FYI: the drives are Western Digital Passports with USB3 interfaces. At the time of original posing I was connecting them though a USB 3.0 Hub by plugable (USB3-HUB7A). I tried removing the hub and directly connecting the dives to the MacMini but this did not result in any change in visibility of the drives on the storage option tab.
To answer the question about why ExFat over HFS+: HFS+ is my preferred option. These drives are sometimes connected to the network. And sometimes they are needed by a Windows machine for local data processing. Size of the files is often over 2GB as the data on the drives is used in a workflow for audio processing and the files are 96kHz/24 bit .wav. So, cross-platform large file size dictated the drive format options. The server is deployed as part of a home network therefore buying dedicated drives just for connecting to the server are not in scope at the moment but may be in the future. At that time data would be transferred to HFS+ formatted drives.
Would it be better to format the drives as HFS+ and use a utility like MacDrive on our Windows Machines?

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>
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Can you show me your standalone program (or just the url, driver name
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news:[email protected]...
Sree,
I can access db2 from a simple standalone java application.
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Ramesh,
If you can write a simple standalone java program to get a DB2 connection
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what URL and Driver name to use and what properties to pass to the
driver.
Specify these properties in the connection pool properties and make
sure
the DB2 driver is in the CLASSPATH when you boot the WebLogic server.
sree
"ramesh chand" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Hi all,
I want to access DB2 database from a servlet running on weblogic6.1.But
i am
unable
to configure weblogic 6.1 for DB2 driver.Going through the documentation
for
configuring
weblogic third party drivers was of no help.when i run the programi
get the
error
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Please post suggestions on how to configure weblogic6.1 for DB2 driver.
Thank u in advance.

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Thanks
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fukawi2 wrote:
Yes, it is that easy
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Excellent thanks, it just seemed so easy I was sure I must be missing something. Most of the information I found was about creating an array to install the OS files to so it was a bit confusing at first. Aaaand, I don't want to use NTFS at all but I haven't convinced the wife to give up 'doze yet so I have to keep these files accessible for her PC.
fukawi2 wrote:And don't forget that you are recreating the array, so you will loose all the data currently on the drives! (You seem to already know this since you're running mkfs but for the benefit of anyone who finds this in the future with the same question )
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EDIT
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Good to know since this thing will eventually store data for personal use, my wife's photography business and the movie files for HTPC box (once I build it) it's going to have a lot of HDDs with everything being mirrored.
Okay that modprobe one made me look. Basically that just loads the Raid modules for a kernel when the system is prexisting and already running to avert needing to reboot to load them... right?
Thanks for the help it really is greatly appreciated.

How do you set a security password to control access to an external hard drive?

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Itunes install trashes drivers for DVD drive

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When restored "OnRec" (a DVD writer program) was uninstalled, the machice rebooted & iTunes reinstalled.
Guess what same problem, the DVD drive driver was again trashed.
Has anyone got any ideas? Please dont say get a new laptop, which belongs to my 19 year old neice.

Yeah, this seems to be a Packard Bell specific problem and yes I do know how to fix it. I am going to copy and paste what I wrote to another Packard Bell user just so I dont have to retype it. I really think this is a Packard Bell issue...
For the most part, what's occurring is one of two things. Either...
A) an application (such as iTunes, etc.) is installing a driver file (as a .SYS) or replacing a working driver file that is referenced within your registry. For some folks, the replaced driver is still referenced by either an UpperFilterCheck or a LowerFilterCheck, and the device manager is actually seeking out that file that, well... no longer exists. Or, when you try and uninstall the application (iTunes is the frequent transgressor) everything is removed, including the related driver files, but the registry isn't altered... so the device manager continues to try and locate that driver file... which no longer exists.
or
B) a virus (or trojan) burrows its way into your file structure, and creates an element of itself disguised as a .SYS file. We've seen this happen before with viral elements disguising themselves as audio or video card driver files, in the efforts of masking themselves from lower-class anti-virus programs (or un-updated ones). In this case, they take on the name of a driver file that the optical drives are "familiar" with, and so, with the intention of being "fast, friendly, and efficient", the optical drives are tapped to utilize this new "driver" file... and it gets referenced in the registry as such.
However, when your anti-virus actually snaps to it, and removes the virus / trojan, and you go off on a virus-killing mission, galavanting through the registry and cleaning the little buggers out in Safe Mode and everything... you might remove the viral elements... but... the reference to them might still remain. The device manager is still looking for that "driver file", and will cause the optical drives to lock up in a Code 39 or Code 41 because of it.
Either way, he thing to do to reclaim your optical drives is located in your registry here:
HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE1 0318}
You'll want to have that open, and a mini-window of the following:
START -> CONTROL PANEL -> SYSTEM -> Hardware (tab) -> DEVICE MANAGER -> Offending Drive (with yellow tag by it) Right-Mouse-Click and PROPERTIES -> Driver (tab) -> DRIVER DETAILS
Notice that list. It references all the drivers that that particular drive is utilizing. There should be a single .DLL (dynamic link library) file and multiple .SYS files. It's the .SYS files we're focusing on, and they should be located in your C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\ folder stem. If you want to open a new window explorer, and go verify that each of those driver files still exists in that folder stem, you may.
At this point, compare the Driver File Detail list with the Registry Tree Location you're sitting in, and look at the UpperFilterCheck and LowerFilterCheck key values. Your offending key value will NOT be on your Driver File Detail list!!! It might be as small as "PFC" or something else, but that value is referencing to a driver file that no longer exists. Delete that offending key value. Close the registry.
Close the Driver File Details and Drive Properties windows. At this point, to finish this up, you need to Soft Uninstall (Right-mouse-click on the drive, and hit "Uninstall" ) the drive(s), let the Device Manager refresh... then hit ACTION -> Scan For Hardware Changes ...
This should start a new Found New Hardware cycle, and.... poof!... your drives should be back to normal.
Here is a microsoft article, its regarding easy cd creater, but its pretty much a similiar thing
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/EN-US/

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