Personal File Sharing question

Hi,
I have a question about personal file sharing between my iMac Intel (my work computer) and an eMac (student work computer). I work at a college, and our regular back-up system on campus is just not worthwhile, so as a secondary back-up, I created a new account on the eMac (the student computer). I have already successfully accessed the regular student account via personal file sharing (it shows up on the network under the office name given to the computer), but is there a way that I can also connect directly into my new account on the eMac? Is there something that I need to do to make the separate accounts visible?
Thanks,
Ken

I'll try to access this from a Windows PC from the internet first (then try with ubuntu)
That requires much more work, like finding Outside IP, Port Forwarding, etc., try it locally first.
1) System Preferences>Sharing>Services tab>Windows Sharing.
2) Browser won't get you to File Sharing, that would be for System Preferences>Sharing>Services tab>Personal Web Sharing.
3) By default the Shared folder is shared, but you can log in as the Mac's User & see all that the Mac User can, or Sharepoints for smb...
http://lowendmac.com/mac2win/04/0623.html
Get Sharepoints...
http://www.hornware.com/sharepoints/
And setup what you wish to share with whom.

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Personal file sharing, ok to leave on please?

hey guys!
just wanted to check what some other mac users do re personal file sharing!
i have an imac G5 and a macbook (intel core 2 duo) and i turned on file sharing for both systems, firewall is on and it works great!
both the question is, is says other mac users can access my files, when i access them i input a password so others will be asked the same right?
firewall is on stealth mode so this should be safe, right?

Mine is on all the time and, like you I have two machines, so one thing I use it for is to transfer data.
To get into the second machine needs username and password and if you are behind a firewall and a router, there is very low possibility for them to see your Macs. On the same system, perhaps they can be seen, but getting in needs those passwords and usernames.
Make sure your passwords are strong, of course.

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Hi,
I have a hopefully easy question for you network expert:
1) I turned on Personal File sharing.
2) In one folder, I changed ownership & Permissions in "Others" to "Read & Write"
3) My network is wireless with encrption turned on.
I have done some testing but since I don't have a Windoze machine to test, I am wondering: Can someone OUTSIDE my wireless network gain access into my shared folders? Is this possible?
Thanks for any advice.

Only if you open up port 548 on your wireless router
and use NAT to direct that traffic to port 548 on
your machine. The same will be true of Windows
sharing, just with different ports.
The moral of the story is that a hardware router will
go a long way to keeping viruses and hackers out of
any network.
Thanks.

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This problem has been plaguing me for some months. When I try to access the problem computer on the network it will not show up until I turn off Personal File Sharing and then turn it back on. Then all works fine for several days until it doesn't work, and then I repeat the process (turn PFS off and then back on again) to make it work. I can't make an association with any third party programs that might be contributing to the problem.
I thought that the problem might go away with the purchase of a new iMac (10.4.10) and initialized with Migration Manager. Apparently, I imported the problem.
In the past I've tried restart with opt-cmd-P-R which works for awhile and then the process start over again. I've also tried dragged /Library/Preferences/com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist to the trash and restarted.
Anybody have any ideas on how to solve this one? Is there a log file that might show when PFS is tampered with?
Thanks in advance.

At this point I think you should get Applejack...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
After installing, reboot holding down CMD+s, then when the prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 5 of it's things.
At least it'll eliminate some questions if it doesn't fix it.
The 5 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
Also, if you trash those files again, and it re-occures again, I'd suspect RAM maybe.

IP address not showing in personal file sharing

I recently upgraded to Tiger (am running 10.4.6 on imac G5) and not sure if this started straight after upgrade, or since I had a hiccup with my wireless broadband connection and my mac started to run an airport configuration, which I stopped.
When I go to the services tab in sharing, instead of showing afp://192.~ under personal file sharing, it shows afp://my computer's name.home Also it now shows .home instead of .local, which is also not right. The same thing is also happening in windows sharing (which also shows .home instead of .local and no IP address). In the system profiler my domain name is shown as home. I don't know if this is the reason why it shows .home not .local. In the top of the sharing window, it shows my computer name as .local
I am able to connect to the net normally and can get my mac to see my pc laptop through wireless network. However if I put my IP address in safari, it says it can't connect to the server (may not be doing it right).
When I first noticed something was wrong, the server in the network pane was showing my computer name has changed from ------.local to unknown followed by my airport id.home. I have changed the computer name in my router settings to the correct name and now shows my computer's name.home. I also have a mystery folder called Bt suddenly appeared, which is showing a connection to a server called Thomson.
I know that once up a time everything was OK (definitely when running 10.3.9). I don't know if binning the com.apple.networkconfig.plist file would rectify things, but I have no idea as to how to put things right.
Any help would be gratefully received. Thanks

A few ideas/questions...
First suggestion is to get Applejack...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
After installing, boot holding down CMD+s, then when the prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 5 of it's things.
This will assure that the filesystem, Permissions, etc are OK, it'll clear caches nicely too.
Then get Little Snitch...
http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
So we can make sure nothing is gong out that we don't want.
Do you anything about "Thomson"?
If it's files you wish to try to delete to fix, these are the frequent offenders...
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist
/Users/nnnnLibrary/Preferences/com.apple.internetconnect.plist
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist
Reboot required, and set up Sharing and Networks again.
Does...
http://127.0.0.1
Get you to your machine's Web page?

Personal File Sharing

I have a small office network setup with 8 macs. I'm currently using personal file sharing within the network. Sometimes I can not tell who is connected to which machine at any given time.
When I go to shut my machine down, I'll get the message "There are X users connected using apple file sharing. Are you sure you want to shut down?"
#1 How can I tell who is connected?
#2 Is there a way that I can force them to disconnect from my machine?
Thanks

No need to "install" Sharepoints, you just run it once to set the type of logging you want in it's AFS Properties, then you use AFS Monitor to easily check the Logs to see who is or has been doing what.
No need to change Sharing with Sharepoints unless you want to finely tune your sharing.

Problem with "Personal File Sharing"

Apple Support
"Personal File Sharing" does not work in my Powerbook G4 17 inch with 1.67 ghz CPU and with 1 gb ram.
There is long delay, if I turn on the "Sharing" dialogue box.
When it works shortly, I click the "Personal File Sharing" option.
Then there is long delay again, then "Windows Sharing" is automatically selected without any change.
"Personal File Sharing" is always off.
When I click the other options while this short moment, they can be turned on and off.
Only "Personal File Sharing" does not work!
And my Laptop can not be seen in other OS X.
How can I find the reason and how can I solve this problem?
What I can suppose is only the installation of Server Assistent.
Can it be a problem?
Sincerely yours
Message was edited by: prko

This may or may not help you, but doing so has helped numerous other users in other forums here (iChat, Mail, Print&Fax, etc.) that have reported crappy performance problems of one sort or another.
Download the OS 10.4.10 COMBO update for Intel (for ktom) or PPC (for prko).
Close all services and ports in Sys Prefs Sharing. Run Disk Utility and verify your boot drive. Then repair permissions. Reapply the combo update. Repair permissions again. Reopen desired services and ports in Sys Prefs Sharing. Reboot. Post back and let us know if that helped or not.

Personal File Sharing not in Sharing list

Hi. I am running Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.8 and I would like to turn on the Personal File Sharing service under Sharing from the System Preferences menu. Unfortunately, the only services available in the list are Remote Login, Apple Remote Desktop and Remote Apple Events.
Any advice on adding Personal File Sharing to the Sharing list would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

only have a "Services" tab in my Sharing preferences, no "Firewall" tab
Hmmm, something is definetly wrong then... have you tried Making a New Admin User as a test yet?
Have you tried Applejack yet?
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
After installing, boot holding down CMD+s, then when the prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 5 of it's things.
Might try a Re-install of the big 10.4.8 COMBO Update... not the Delta.
Might Trash...
/Users/nnnnLibrary/Preferences/com.apple.internetconnect.plist
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist

Personal File Sharing problem

We networked an iMac, iBook and PowerBook G4 through airport. Worked swimmingly until recently. Now the PowerBook is making difficulties. It recognises both other computers but fails to actually connect to them (just continues 'thinking' eternally while trying to connect). The other two computers don't see the PowerBook but still network well together.
Problem (I think): iMac and iBook in System Preferences> Sharing> Services Personal File Sharing is still selected, but on the PowerBook it was somehow automatically deselected. The PowerBook now refuses to start Personal File Sharing no matter how often I click on it. All other services (Windows Sharing, Personal Web Sharing etc) can still be selected, but that is not much use.
A known problem?
iMac PowerBookG4 iBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

It's system wide then. A reinstall of the OS will probably cure it. You can try an Archive and Install (choosing the "Preserve Users and Network Settings" option) but if the problem presists after that, a full reinstall (after backing up user accounts to another drive) may be necessary.
If you have an external drive, backup your user account Home folders. If you don't have one, backup important documents to CDs/DVDs prior to reinstalling the OS.
John

Personal file sharing: file copying broken from/to imported account?

I have an iMac G5 with two user accounts A and B ; and a MacBook Pro with two user accounts A' (imported from A with the migration assistant) and C.
Personal file sharing, FTP and SMB are enabled on both machines. The firewall is disabled. Permissions, as well as the Keychain have been repaired.
When I am logged as A' on the MBP, and when I connect to the iMac with the username/password of A, I can't copy files from A' to A : I get the following error message [The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items]. However, a 0-byte file is created on A'. The same problem occurs from A to A'.
This problem drives me crazy because :
- I can read and delete any file in A' from A (and vice-versa). Only copy and modification doesn't work.
- I can copy files from A to C, A' to B, C to A, B to A'.
- FTP sharing between A and A' does work.
Someone got the problem solved by re-creating his account and re-importing all his data, but I absolutely want to avoid that. I'm sure there can be a simpler solution...
It appeared to me that the only reason why AFP copy doesn't work between A and A' is that A' was imported from A. It seems also that a common broken preference/setting is not the source of the problem, since sharing works from/to any other account (and well, re-creating the account couldn't solve the problem as it would re-set the broken settings).
I would like to know which information is used to determine user privileges when copying from one machine to another...
A strange thing I noticed is that both A and A' have the same generateduid (which is thus not "unique") - could it be the source of the problem?
If you have two machines with one account imported from one machine to another, can you check whether Personal file sharing with this account works? I love understanding why stuff doesn't work.
Thanks!

Here are the results of a few more experiments... Something is definitely broken with those two user accounts, but I'd like to know why, and how it got broken
I have replaced the names of the accounts/machines by more meaningful identifiers.
From the MBP, trying to access Account_B on the iMac:
MBP:~ account_A'$ mkdir test
MBP:~ account_A'$ mount -t afp afp://accountB:*****@iMac/accountB test
mount_afp: the mount flags are 0000 the altflags are 0020
MBP:~ account_A'$ ls -l test
total 0
drwx------ 29 account_A' account_A' 942 Nov 8 22:28 Desktop
drwx------ 14 account_A' account_A' 432 Sep 24 23:47 Documents
(And I can copy whatever I want in test)
Now trying to access Account_A:
MBP:~ account_A'$ mkdir test
MBP:~ account_A'$ mount -t afp afp://accountA:*****@iMac/accountA test
mount_afp: the mount flags are 0000 the altflags are 0020
MBP:~ account_A'$ ls -l test
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 23 501 501 738 Aug 26 00:03 Code
drwx------ 13 501 501 398 Nov 8 13:10 Desktop
(I can't copy to test here)
501 is the uid of account_A (on the iMac). (The uid of account_A' is 503).
Same stuff through SMB:
MBP:~ account_A'$ mkdir test
MBP:~ account_A'$ mount -t smbfs //accountA@iMac/accountA test
Password:
MBP:~ account_A'$ ls -l test
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 1 account_A' account_A' 16384 Aug 26 01:03 Code
drwxr-xr-x 1 account_A' account_A' 16384 Nov 8 13:10 Desktop
(In this case, it works)

Personal File Sharing with Fast User Switiching

I have 2 users set up on the iBook. I want file sharing turned on for only one of the users and off for the other. Both are logged in.
Any way to do this?
It appears that personal file sharing is either on or off for all users.

As far as i know either the AFP daemon is on or is off - for all users.. You can disable the Public share for a user if oyu like by using netinfo or SHarepoints but you cant turn off sharing for a user. If you have AFP active they can login. Now there may be away with some shell commands to add som config to this and disable on a user level but i havent seen it mentioned naywhere - or requested for that matter.

Personal file sharing turns off by itself

Hey everyone. My Personal File Sharing keeps turning off on my Mac Pro when I try to access it from my PowerBook. I have tried repairing permissions on both computers and still no luck. Also tried locking the little padlock in the Preferences Control Panel and no luck. The computer name is one word with no spaces.
I did a search on this topic but found an archived post with no new suggestions. Any advice out there?
PowerBook G4 15 Titanium 1.5 GHz Mac OS X (10.3.7)

I'd try trashing on the one that changes...
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist
Then reboot and setup Sharing again.

Personal File Sharing: Lost Connection

I'm trying to use my new miniStack external HD attached via Firewire to my Mac mini as a pseudo network drive. In other words, I want that drive available to my mini and my two iBooks. If I can get that working, I'd like it available to my XP box as well.
I have wireless internet via an Airport Express and cable modem throughout the house. All four computers are attached via wireless cards.
I've turned on personal file sharing on the mini using my administrator log in. I've also activated AppleTalk via the Airport settings in the Network preference settings.
I've also activated AppleTalk on my iBook and turned on personal file sharing.
All my Macs are running the latest version of OS X (10.4.7).
I restarted both machines after making the above setting selections. I then used the Finder on my iBook to search for the mini. I clicked on the Network icon, found 'servers', 'library', and the following folders: "home" which has my XP box readily accessible, "My Network" and "Workgroup". Each of these last has an icon for my mini.
When I double click on my Mini, it shows me all volumes on it, including my miniStack. I select one to connect to and get a beach ball followed by an error message saying "Server Connection Interupted: miniStack" and a single button marked 'disconnect'.
After I press the disconnect button (my only choice) I notice that personal file sharing on my mini is now turned off.
This exact same thing happens when I try to access the native internal HD on my mini so it isn't just the external stack that's the problem.
I've searched high and low through the fora here and can't find anything addressing this.
Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks and take care,
Jeff

After much trial and error, I finally resorted to doing a Archive and Install on my mini. After doing so, everything works great. I still have no clue what the problem was but I now have no interest in finding out since it's working great.
Of note, the lost connection problem was unidirectional. I had no difficulties logging onto and accessing anything on either of my iBooks from my mini. Just the other way around.
Take care,
Jeff

Personal File Sharing Connection Timing Out

I'm having trouble personal file sharing connecting to one computer in my office. All the others work just fine and I can retrieve files and all. Oddly the computer that I can't read can connect to me.
When I try and connect, I go to the Network, I can see her computer, I double click it and get the following message:
Contacting xx.xx.xx.xx
Timeout in 120 seconds
And then it counts down the seconds and eventually nothing happens. I went into her System settings and checked and everything (that I know to check) is on and the IP address is the same one that is showing in my dialog box.
Any ideas?

Several restarts later and it is still doing it. I can connect to others, but this one machine doesn't want to go. Anybody?

Personal File Sharing fails on network of (2) cascading Linksys routers.

Topography:
Comcast cable modem attached to (WAN-port) Linksys BEFSR41 (4-port).
Linksys WRT54G (WAN-port) attached to Linksys BEFSR41 (4-port).
Linksys BEFSR41 starting @ is 192.168.1.1.
Linksys WRT54G starting @ is 192.168.2.1.
All systems attached to either the ethernet ports of the BEFSR41,
the ethernet ports of the WRT54G, or Wi-Fi of the WRT54G connect
to the Internet flawlessly.
Problem:
Using Personal File Sharing (Connect to Server…) all Apple systems
(all MacOS X v10.4.7) only see other systems attached to the router
that they are attached to & vice versa, i.e. systems attached to BEFSR41
can not see systems attached to WRT54G & vice versa.
Any ideas?

I think you could get around this by changing the subnet mask to 255.255.254.0, (maybe 255.255.0.0), but not sure if it would open Security problems for you.
With the subnet mask set to 255.255.255.0, you can only see other computers in the range where only the last number is different... if it was set to 0.0.0.0.0, then theoretically you could connect to any Computer in the world, havent tried it though!:-)
Other ways exist of one router handing out all the IPs, but that's for later.

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