Filesharing on Server 10.8

I have several dozen group and user shared folders - everyone is able to connect to all the folders they need access to - but anyone connecting sees every share there is in the Go window whether they can connect to it or not
If the click on folder they don't have access to it says that the share doesn't exist.
Permissions for "Others" are set to none
What can I do to "hide" the folders from users who don't have permission to access them?
Thanks!

Robert - without a bit more detail, I'd tell you the following: if you want explicit "ownership" privileges for only one user, and no other user/s to see files/folders, then the easiest way is to use the console and two commands: "chown" and "chmod".
>chown will change ownership of a file, and all subordinate contents explicitly to a single user. This can be useful when you want to conceal anything from others. Used in conjunction, is "chmod" which changes the permissions. For instance:
>chown -R "owner" " file
>chmod -R 700 file (this will allow only the specified owner to Read, Write or Execute any file contained. Variations are "Full Control" for Owner, Read for Group, Nothing for Others. 755 will set to Full, R/W, R/W. You can do this through the interface if you want to point and click a lot, but console and CLI is fastest.
Maybe that will help-

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Message was edited by: sgladfelter

I do use 3.2.2.
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I haven't gone to yosemite yet since my current setup is working. The $20 upgrade doesn't phase me. I'd gladly throw $200 down if it worked as well as it did in snow leopard. As it is, I feel like I may as well be running linux for the amount of time I've had to spend in a shell the last couple of months.
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I work for a small UK based charity - we are just 4 employees - helping with conservation of wildlife, promotion of education and support of communities throughout Africa. Each year we raise about £1.8 Million and currently have 42 projects running in 17 African countries.
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Green, Bob wrote:
Hi
I have one question at this stage - is it better to set up remote access via the Snow Leopard’s VPN software - or - is it possible / easier / better to do this via the new Mobile Access Server application?
If I have to go the VPN route I would welcome any advice on how this is configured / set up - and also whether I need to request a fixed IP from our ISP to make it work.
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Hi TechNet / Office for Mac Community,
re: can't open MS Office files located on a windows server file share
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I've a Mavericks Server running here. All runs well. Version 10.9.1
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Can someone post easy direct instructions on how to connect to shared volumes using vista.
SMB is on.
With XP I find the server in the work group double click it and put the username and password and booooomm!!!! I'm in and working.
With Vista I follow the same procedure, and booooommm!!! it rejects it and changes the username to relect the name of the machine\username.
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I was going to purchase the mac mini that was geared up to work best with OSX server however that option is now no longer available and the mac mini's have downgraded slightly in terms of quadcore processors and 2tb harddrives.
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Thanks,

Just get the latest mac mini, add some external storage with a Thunderbolt 2 connection and that setup will work great for filesharing.
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Make sure you get external storage with a decent RAID setup like a Promise Pegasus for instance, and invest in a good back-up solution.
Then clone your mac mini OSX Server setup daily towards the RAID and you're good to go!
Get a Mac Mini with an SSD or Fusion Drive and 16GB of RAM. That'll keep you going for the next couple of years easy!
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