Server Admin alphabetized list in File Sharing

Using Server Admin 10.5.8 to browse a sharepoint, directories are not listed alphabetically.
I cannot find an option to change the sorting.
Thanks
Chris

Like most column views in Server Admin you can click the column header to sort the list by that column. The change doesn't appear to be persistent, so you'll need to do it each time you launch Server Admin, but it should suffice.
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Server Admin and 'alphabetize' the list in File Sharing

Hi,
i searched but didnt find the answer for this (dumb) little problem;
in Server Admin (10.5.3) i am ready to give a huge list of directories different ACLpermissions.
When i browse to a sharepoint all the directories (about 60) are sorted in date.
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