Finder "Shared Folder" Flag

What does the "Shared Folder" black bar across the top of a Finder window actually indicate? I am seeing it on a home folder that I'm sharing for this particular user via afp with Automount -> User home folders selected, however I fear that perhaps I'm somehow opening this up to access from other users?
I have disabled guest access, but I still see this flag in Finder. I have also stripped perms down to just the owner having rw and the staff ro and o none.
Any further detail on this would be appreciated!

+What does the "Shared Folder" black bar across the top of a Finder window actually indicate?+
That badge and the check in the Info window simply indicate that the folder is a share point for one or more file services. It says nothing about whether or not guest access is enabled for one or more of the services, or even for the share point itself.
--Gerrit

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Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Identifier: com.apple.finder
Version: 10.5.6 (10.5.6)
Build Info: Finder_FE-6071900~15
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [60]
Date/Time: 2009-03-30 11:03:39.611 -0600
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F33)
Report Version: 6
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Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
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2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9175e47f abort + 73
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Hi, my home directory now appears as "shared Folder" in the top of Finder.
I selected "get info" for the home directory.
The shared folder box is not selected.
in sharing and permissions there is:
alberto(me) privilege: read and write
staff: read and write
everyone: no access.
I selected apply to enclosed items.
what is generating that "shared folder info?"
How do I remove the "sharing" of my home directory?
(In other volumes, and in the top of my home volume the permissions are: system red and write, admin read and write, everyone read only, and there is no "shared folder" info in that volumes).

avalokitesvara wrote:
Hi, my home directory now appears as "shared Folder" in the top of Finder.
I selected "get info" for the home directory.
The shared folder box is not selected.
in sharing and permissions there is:
alberto(me) privilege: read and write
staff: read and write
everyone: no access.
I selected apply to enclosed items.
That last item is usually problematical. Applying to enclosed items can cause problems with permissions.
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How do I remove the "sharing" of my home directory?
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(In other volumes, and in the top of my home volume the permissions are: system red and write, admin read and write, everyone read only, and there is no "shared folder" info in that volumes).
There have also been many bug fixes since 10.5.2 which you indicate you are running. You might consider updating to the latest version of Leopard.
Message was edited by: nerowolfe

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REPORT YTESTRM2                                .
DATA: gd_COUNT type I.
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R3sever\ADR100\'.
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Bismark\Projects\ADMIN\'.
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