Airport Shared disc & File Sharing, via Apache

I have a 500GB USB drive connected to AEBS.
No problem in using it normally, but I want to configure access so Apache can access the drive too.
(eg: I have Apache running & my local website has a page which links to my network drives, so I can access the files via the web browser)
For one drive this is already working, it is connected to AEBS via LAN cable.
For the USB Drive I get "403 Forbidden" when trying to access - I'm pretty sure this is due to Airport Utilities Drive Sharing setup.
In Airport Utility > disks > File Sharing, I have :
+Enable file sharing [ON],+
+Secure Shared Disks [with Airport Extreme password]+
+Disk Guest Access: [Read & Write]+
"Get Info" on the drive shows:
+everyone [no access]+
& its not possible to change it.
The answer should be to just remove Airport's securing of the disc, but thats not an available option.
Any ideas?

Kmineks, Welcome to the discussion area!
Yes they can.
If you want the eMac to be visible to the MacBook, on the eMac go to System Preferences->Sharing preference pane and enable File Sharing.
On the MacBook use the Finder's G0->Connect to Server... command to find the eMac. Then from the MacBook log into the eMac using a valid eMac user's name and password.
To go the other direction follow a similar process swapping the 2 machines.

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Phew!
Feel free to ask for clarification. Good luck.
kaz

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mikkec wrote:
I recently got a brand new Time Capsule 1 TB. I have not copied any data to the internal (Airport) disk drive yet since I have been previously using a separate USB disk drive for Time machine backups and for storing other data. When I will have time I will just copy the data from the external USB drive to the Time capsule and use the Time capsule disk also for Time machine backups
this will not work. TM treats backups to locally attached drives differently to those made to networked drives. click here for information.
(I will delete the previous Time machine backups from the USB drive), while the USB drive will remain connected to the Time capsule for extended storage.
I would like to secure my shared disk with accounts (Airport Utility ->Disks -> File Sharing -> Secure Shared Disks -> With Accounts); currently I have "With a disk password" option selected. Somewhere on the internet I've read that when I enable this feature a new directory is created for each of the user account added to the Time capsule for disk access and that the existing data is removed from the Time capsule. Also, a new folder is created in Time capsule with a name of the disk which can be used as a shared folder for all users with accounts on Time capsule.
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2. How to delete one user's data from the Time capsule after enabling user accounts access? If I delete his/her account on Time capsule, is his/her data also deleted from disk or just stays there?
somebody else will need to address these questions.

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