Sharing folders, keywords, etc in bridge

I want to use two bridge applications on two separate systems to manage my picture folders - share them. I have hundreds of keywords already input to one of the systems and wish to "import" them into the second system. Can that be done? Is there a commom config or preferences folder that I could just copy across from one system to the other. I do not wish to type all my stuff in twice. Thx

Look at post #5 in this link and see if the answers your question.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/512519?tstart=0

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I can't use shared folders feature in VMware

Arch Linux is the guest system. Windows 7 is the host OS. I'm using VMware Workstation 10.0.1. After installing vmware tools (the original ones) I can't mount my shared folder. It says
~ mount -t vmhgfs .host:/ /mnt
Error: cannot mount filesystem: No such device
I've already searched the forum but I didn't find any solution to my problem.
[Update]
I think that it has something to do with the fact that vmware module sources are not compatible with the new UID and GID types:
uid_t -> kuid_t
gid_t -> kgid_t
I admit that I have no idea about patching sources. I've found this thread. It helped me with patching the vmhgfs module. Unfortunately the vmci module is still failing to compile because it's not patched yet. I have no idea how to fix this problem.
[Workaround]
Well I gave up. I've chosen the easiest way - Samba.
Additional information:
~ lsmod |grep -i vm
kvm_intel 134316 0
kvm 419974 1 kvm_intel
vmw_balloon 6258 0
vmwgfx 167331 2
ttm 66913 1 vmwgfx
vmw_vmci 53487 0
drm 242043 3 ttm,vmwgfx
~ vmware-hgfsclient
E
~ vmware-config-tools.pl
Initializing...
Making sure services for VMware Tools are stopped.
Stopping Thinprint services in the virtual machine:
Stopping Virtual Printing daemon: done
Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Guest operating system daemon: done
Unmounting HGFS shares: done
Guest filesystem driver: done
sh: : command not found
sh: : command not found
Before you can compile modules, you need to have the following installed...
make
gcc
kernel headers of the running kernel
Searching for GCC...
Detected GCC binary at "/bin/gcc".
The path "/bin/gcc" appears to be a valid path to the gcc binary.
Would you like to change it? [no]
Searching for a valid kernel header path...
Detected the kernel headers at "/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/include".
The path "/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/include" appears to be a valid path
to the 3.14.3-2-ARCH kernel headers.
Would you like to change it? [no]
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build'
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.c:57:0:
/tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined
#define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)
^
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
from /usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44,
from /usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:5,
from include/linux/preempt.h:18,
from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
from include/linux/mmzone.h:7,
from include/linux/gfp.h:5,
from include/linux/mm.h:9,
from /tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.c:38:
include/linux/printk.h:96:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "
^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only/./shared/vmware.h:39:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only/linux/driver.c:62:
/tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined
#define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)
^
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
from /usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44,
from /usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:5,
from /usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:15,
from /usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:6,
from /tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only/linux/driver.c:24:
include/linux/printk.h:96:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "
^
/tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
/tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only/linux/driver.c:740:12: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘VMCIHostUser’ from type ‘kuid_t’
user = current_uid();
^
scripts/Makefile.build:308: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only/linux/driver.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Makefile:1274: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build'
Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmci.ko' failed
make: *** [vmci.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-jMh2Db/vmci-only'
The communication service is used in addition to the standard communication
between the guest and the host. The rest of the software provided by VMware
Tools is designed to work independently of this feature.
If you wish to have the VMCI feature, you can install the driver by running
vmware-config-tools.pl again after making sure that gcc, binutils, make and the
kernel sources for your running kernel are installed on your machine. These
packages are available on your distribution's installation CD.
[ Press Enter key to continue ]
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build'
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only/./shared/vmware.h:39:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only/linux/driver.c:62:
/tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined
#define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)
^
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
from /usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44,
from /usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:5,
from /usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:15,
from /usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:6,
from /tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only/linux/driver.c:24:
include/linux/printk.h:96:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "
^
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.c:57:0:
/tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only/./shared/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined
#define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)
^
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
from /usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44,
from /usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:5,
from include/linux/preempt.h:18,
from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
from include/linux/mmzone.h:7,
from include/linux/gfp.h:5,
from include/linux/mm.h:9,
from /tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.c:38:
include/linux/printk.h:96:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "
^
/tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
/tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only/linux/driver.c:740:12: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘VMCIHostUser’ from type ‘kuid_t’
user = current_uid();
^
scripts/Makefile.build:308: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only/linux/driver.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Makefile:1274: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.3-2-ARCH/build'
Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmci.ko' failed
make: *** [vmci.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-paCEZs/vmci-only'
The VM communication interface socket family is used in conjunction with the VM
communication interface to provide a new communication path among guests and
host. The rest of this software provided by VMware Tools is designed to work
independently of this feature. If you wish to have the VSOCK feature you can
install the driver by running vmware-config-tools.pl again after making sure
that gcc, binutils, make and the kernel sources for your running kernel are
installed on your machine. These packages are available on your distribution's
installation CD.
[ Press the Enter key to continue.]
The module vmxnet3 from this package is not supported for kernels >= 3.10.
Please enable this module in your kernel. You may also have to enable
HYPERVISOR_GUEST.
The module pvscsi from this package is not supported for kernels >= 3.10.
Please enable this module in your kernel. You may also have to enable
HYPERVISOR_GUEST.
The module vmmemctl from this package is not supported for kernels >= 3.10.
Please enable this module in your kernel. You may also have to enable
HYPERVISOR_GUEST.
The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared folders between the host OS
and the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment. Do you wish
to enable this feature? [yes]
The vmxnet driver is no longer supported on kernels 3.3 and greater. Please
upgrade to a newer virtual NIC. (e.g., vmxnet3 or e1000e)
The vmblock enables dragging or copying files between host and guest in a
Fusion or Workstation virtual environment. Do you wish to enable this feature?
[yes]
NOTICE: It appears your system does not have the required fuse packages
installed. The VMware blocking filesystem requires the fuse packages and its
libraries to function properly. Please install the fuse or fuse-utils package
using your systems package management utility and re-run this script in order
to enable the VMware blocking filesystem.
VMware automatic kernel modules enables automatic building and installation of
VMware kernel modules at boot that are not already present. This feature can be
enabled/disabled by re-running vmware-config-tools.pl.
Would you like to enable VMware automatic kernel modules?
[no]
Detected X server version 1.15.1
Distribution provided drivers for Xorg X server are used.
Skipping X configuration because X drivers are not included.
Warning: This script could not find mkinitrd or update-initramfs and cannot
remake the initrd file!
Starting Virtual Printing daemon: done
Checking acpi hot plug done
Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Switching to guest configuration: done
Guest operating system daemon: done
The configuration of VMware Tools 9.6.1 build-1378637 for Linux for this
running kernel completed successfully.
You must restart your X session before any mouse or graphics changes take
effect.
You can now run VMware Tools by invoking "/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd" from the
command line.
To enable advanced X features (e.g., guest resolution fit, drag and drop, and
file and text copy/paste), you will need to do one (or more) of the following:
1. Manually start /usr/bin/vmware-user
2. Log out and log back into your desktop session; and,
3. Restart your X session.
Enjoy,
--the VMware team
Last edited by Skitter (2014-05-14 16:51:50)

Hi.
I managed to compile open-vm-tools and the kernel module against 3.14.5 kernel. Here is the tarball with the all the files.
I still have an issue : With vmware-player 6.0.2, I can't acces my shared folder :
root@P146S011b ~ # lsmod | grep hgfs
vmhgfs 41622 0
vmw_vmci 47960 2 vmw_vsock_vmci_transport,vmhgfs
root@P146S011b ~ # vmware-hgfsclient
R
D
C
root@P146S011b ~ # mount -t vmhgfs .host:/R /mnt
Could not add entry to mtab, continuing
root@P146S011b ~ # tail -1 /etc/mtab
.host:/R /mnt vmhgfs rw,relatime 0 0
root@P146S011b ~ # cd /mnt
cd:cd:6: not a directory: /mnt
1 root@P146S011b ~ #
Forgot to add an install file with a depmod -a inside. You will have to run it by yourself

Server 2003: make user template with read-only access for shared folders

I have need to make a type of user (like Administrator, Power User, Mobile User, User, etc.) that has read-only acess to shared folders. So when I make a new user and assign the "read-only user" template I wish to have, the user can open files
in the shared folders on the server, but not edit, save or delete files. Other users can and should remain able to edit, save & delete.
Before I dig in, is this even possible?

You could create a Group called ReadOnly, and set that to have Read on the ACLs of the relevant files or folders.
Make that template user a member of that group.
As long as they are not also a member of another group that gives them higher permissions, this would work.
Otherwise set the ReadOnly group to deny Write, which would over ride any other permission set.
So,
Folder A
ACL:
ReadOnly : R
Users: Read/Write
If a user is a member of Users & ReadOnly, they would get read/write to Folder A. As permissions are cumulative.
If you did the following:
Folder A
ACL:
ReadOnly : R
ReadOnly: Deny Write
Users: Read/Write
The users in ReadOnly would be denied write, as it overrides the cumulative permissions.
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Upgraded 2 macs to Mavericks, can no longer access shared folders/files.

So I upgraded my Macbook Pro, and Mac Mini to Mavericks today, and previously when they were both on mountain lion I could access the shared folders/files and screen share with absolutely no issue whatsoever.
But upon updating to Mavericks today it all broke.
Both computers were running the OS X Server software on Mountain Lion, and I went ahead and purchased/installed the new edition of server that came out today.
I can see the other mac under the "Shared" option in Finder's sidebar, but when I try to open the other mac it says connection failed and offers to "connect as"
As I usually do, I connect as and it asks for the login credentials. I put in the same credentials as before, 150% sure they're right, in the text boxes that I used before, but it won't allow me to connect to the mac.
I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they're the right credentials.
I thought it may have been just a wonky permissions error so I unshared the folders and reshared using the same permissions that had worked before.
I've been working on it for about 3 hours now so any help would be appreciated.

I upgraded my two machines - now when I access files on the "shared" storage array (a thunderbolt, pegasus array) across the network (ethernet) if I modify the file (for instance, a jpg) and then go to save I get a "you don't have permissions to etc...." and then when I just close the file without saving - it disappears from my file server permanently! even if I go to the machine hooked up to the array the file is "gone" - unbelievable. I have updated permissions where I can, deleted and added the sharing for users, tried SMB and AFP, and even downgraded the "sharing" machine back to OSX 10.8 where it was working fine but the client machine still is doing this where it can connect, see all the files, but as soon as I modify a file I get the warning and bam, it's gone forever....
Wow - this is a doozy. I don't have a fix but WARNING - watch out as you are working on this problem that your files are being vanished permanently.

Shared folders (Windows file shares) show access denied and do not prompt for credentials

Scenario:
Like other admins, I log on and work as a 'standard user' (usera) with no admin rights anywhere in the domain, to perform admin tasks I have another account (userb) which I authenticate with as and when required. userb has been allocated/delegated permissions
as required.
Problem:
When trying to connect to shared folders on servers (2008 R2) using a UNC patch via Windows Explorer (Win 7 Ent.), I see an access denied error and do not get an option to supply alternative credentials.
If I try to connect to the admin shares on the same server (\\server\C$ or \\server\e$) I get an access denied message AND get prompted for credentials. I supply my admin account and gain access as expected.
If I check share and storage management when attempting to connect, I see that Windows is trying to connect me to each share as usera (which has no access). I understand why I get access denied at this point, but not why it can't just prompt me to supply an
account that does have access. When trying the admin shares I also see the usera account, but I get a prompt to supply a user who does have access.
Share permissions on the folders are for example 'Everyone' Full Control. NTFS permissions are 'userb' has modify (read, execute, list, traverse etc) via a 'Server Admins' AD Universal security group.
Note: If I do a NET USE from CMD and use the /USER switch, I can access the shares fine. But this is not great for accessing shared folders on the fly from various computers.
How can I get the other shares on the server to prompt me, rather than just say access denied?
Many thanks.

Try to disable guest user from the server
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[SOLVED] Samba: Can browse shared folders, but can't open files

Hi all, I've been using Samba to share some folders from my Arch box over the local network, and have not had any issues until just now. As the title says, I am able to browse (via Samba, both on a different device and from the Arch box itself) the folders being shared as well as see their contents, but trying to open a file fails, as does attempting to create a file in one of the shared folders. Accessing the files from the computer itself directly (not via Samba) works fine.
The error given by Thunar when trying to create a file is simply:
Failed to create empty file "test file".
Invalid argument.
Trying to read a file results in the same "invalid argument" error being given by the app that should open the file.
I've removed Samba and reinstalled, following the steps on the wiki to get it set up. Still have the issue.
Further, I only seem to be able to add shares via the smb.conf file - previously I was able to share folders via Thunar or the net usershare command, but now those also give an error:
$ net usershare add tmp /tmp "tmp" everyone:F guest_ok=y
net usershare add: cannot convert name "everyone" to a SID. Undetermined error.
Any ideas on what could be causing the problems would be greatly appreciated!
edit: my smb.conf file:
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too
# many!) most of which are not shown in this example
# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
# for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you
# may wish to enable
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"
# to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors.
#======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]
usershare path = /var/lib/samba/usershare
usershare max shares = 100
usershare allow guests = yes
usershare owner only = False
# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
workgroup = WORKGROUP
# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = archpc
# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict
# connections to machines which are on your local network. The
# following example restricts access to two C class networks and
# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see
# the smb.conf man page
; hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127.
# if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx
; printing = bsd
# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd
# otherwise the user "nobody" is used
; guest account = pcguest
# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
max log size = 50
# Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
# security_level.txt for details.
security = user
# Use password server option only with security = server
; password server = <NT-Server-Name>
# Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for
# all combinations of upper and lower case.
; username level = 8
# You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
# ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
# Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
; encrypt passwords = yes
; smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
# The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to
# update the Linux sytsem password also.
# NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above.
# NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only
# the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password
# to be kept in sync with the SMB password.
; unix password sync = Yes
; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
; passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
# Unix users can map to different SMB User names
; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m
# Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces
# If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them
# here. See the man page for details.
; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24
# Configure remote browse list synchronisation here
# request announcement to, or browse list sync from:
# a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below)
; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255
# Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here
; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44
# Browser Control Options:
# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master
# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply
; local master = no
# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
# elections. The default value should be reasonable
; os level = 33
# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This
# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this
# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job
; domain master = yes
# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup
# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
; preferred master = yes
# Use only if you have an NT server on your network that has been
# configured at install time to be a primary domain controller.
; domain controller = <NT-Domain-Controller-SMBName>
# Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for
# Windows95 workstations.
; domain logons = yes
# if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or
# per user logon script
# run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine)
; logon script = %m.bat
# run a specific logon batch file per username
; logon script = %U.bat
# Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT)
# %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username
# You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below
; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U
# All NetBIOS names must be resolved to IP Addresses
# 'Name Resolve Order' allows the named resolution mechanism to be specified
# the default order is "host lmhosts wins bcast". "host" means use the unix
# system gethostbyname() function call that will use either /etc/hosts OR
# DNS or NIS depending on the settings of /etc/host.config, /etc/nsswitch.conf
# and the /etc/resolv.conf file. "host" therefore is system configuration
# dependant. This parameter is most often of use to prevent DNS lookups
# in order to resolve NetBIOS names to IP Addresses. Use with care!
# The example below excludes use of name resolution for machines that are NOT
# on the local network segment
# - OR - are not deliberately to be known via lmhosts or via WINS.
; name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server
; wins support = yes
# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
; wins server = w.x.y.z
# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on
# behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be
# at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.
; wins proxy = yes
# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names
# via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,
# this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.
dns proxy = no
# Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_
# NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis
; preserve case = no
; short preserve case = no
# Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files
; default case = lower
# Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things!
; case sensitive = no
#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
[homes]
; comment = Home Directories
; browseable = no
; writable = yes
# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
; [netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
; path = /home/netlogon
; guest ok = yes
; writable = no
; share modes = no
# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share
# the default is to use the user's home directory
;[Profiles]
; path = /home/profiles
; browseable = no
; guest ok = yes
# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes
# This one is useful for people to share files
[tmp]
comment = Temporary file space
path = /tmp
read only = no
public = yes
writable = yes
# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
# the "staff" group
;[public]
; comment = Public Stuff
; path = /home/samba
; public = yes
; read only = yes
; write list = @staff
# Other examples.
# A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in fred's
# home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory,
# wherever it is.
;[fredsprn]
; comment = Fred's Printer
; valid users = fred
; path = /homes/fred
; printer = freds_printer
; public = no
; writable = no
; printable = yes
# A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write
# access to the directory.
;[fredsdir]
; comment = Fred's Service
; path = /usr/somewhere/private
; valid users = fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no
# a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects
# this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could
# also use the %u option to tailor it by user name.
# The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting.
;[pchome]
; comment = PC Directories
; path = /usr/pc/%m
; public = no
; writable = yes
# A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all files
# created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so
# any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this
# directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of course
# be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user instead.
;[public]
; path = /usr/somewhere/else/public
; public = yes
; only guest = yes
; writable = yes
; printable = no
# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two
# users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this
# setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the
# sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to
# as many users as required.
;[myshare]
; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff
; path = /usr/somewhere/shared
; valid users = mary fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no
; create mask = 0765
Last edited by m00se (2014-05-26 11:35:28)

It seems your Samba is denying access to these files & dirs. My best guess would be that either the Samba user is not allowed to write (and read) those (in which case you'd have to modify the permissions accordingly) or Samba sets, when the share is mounted, the permissions such that your user is not allowed to read and write (you may in this case try to just set permissions for you to allow you what you want to do; or use "create mask" or "directory mask" or "writable" in your samba config. ).
Also, what do the logs say about this? According to your samba conf they are in /var/log/samba/%m.log where %m is the hostname or IP.

Server 2008R2 mapping to shared folders fails users of Windows 8.1 but seems OK on Windos 8.0 and no problems for Windows 7

Having read what I could from the related questions, the answers still elude me. This issue apparently is specific to Windows 8.1.
First, a little background.
1: The server is not on a domain, The system runs Server 2008-R2 standard with all folders shared across a standard "Workgroup" type network. They would prefer to
leave this layout intact.
2: The shared folders are nothing but Data files. There are no active system folders or anything used in an "active" environment. They are mostly Word doc, excel
files, pdf, txt, etc. However, due to the requirements of the software that needs to access these files, they Must
reside on a mapped network drive letter. Nothing else works due to the way the SQL database program stores the reference points back to the data.
I have had some success using what amounts to a “simulated” mapping using WebDAV to access the server. But access speed is a lot slower ad file size is limited.
3: The system has been configured as-is for the past 3 years with Users all on Windows 7 x64 (mixed OS, some Home Premium, some Professional) and the only problems that come up are when
access is through an ISP that blocks port 445. This was the original reason for finding a WebDAV/Cloud method just for those Users since they were unable to Map drives to anything on the Office Servers from their Home Internet even when using a VPN.
When Windows 8.0 became the only version available, I added a few users whose new laptops came with 8.0 from the vendors. While there were a very few minor problems, for all practical
purposes, I was still able to provide access to the mapped folders.
As the Windows 8.1 roll-out progressed, some users were successfully upgraded while others are still stuck in Windows 8.0. The issues with this seem to be hardware related and vary
depending on the Make and model of the laptop. I have been assured that eventually all of these will be able to advance to 8.1. But this delay has given me an excellent mixed OS environment for testing.
On the users who have not yet purchased new equipment and who are still using Windows 7. There has been no change. Their drive mapping is stable and they can always connect as usual.
Those blocked from lack of port 445 or still blocked. Systems inside the Office and those with ISP's who allow port 445 can use all mapped drives as normal.
Users who had Windows 8.0 and who have not yet been able to upgrade to 8.1 also have been unaffected. Same results as Windows 7.
Users who got the Windows 8.1 upgrade as well as those that came factory loaded with Windows 8.1 seem to be a never-ending list of problems. The ones that came native with 8.1 are worst
of all. The list of error codes runs through everything that has to do with “communication with the server”. As far as I have seen, this appears to be the issue.
Whether they are in the office on a wired network connection or at home on a Wi-Fi connection, the issues have the same results but the actual error codes may vary slightly. All of
them refer back to an inability to communicate with the server.
Nothing on the server has changed in any way. Users with Windows 7 continue to have zero problems, Users with Windows 8.0 seem to be doing fine as well. Only those with Windows
8.1 are affected and their problems are dramatic with everything from a total loss of drive mapping to misdirected data when the maps are active.
I have tried to make the drives automatically remap on reboot. I have tried registry modifications. I have done everything I can think of to make a difference but the results are the same
for every system using 8.1. The mapped drive letters invariably disappear. Sometimes while the system is in use ( I think I have been able to trace this to times when the system enters Sleep or Hibernate) but always when the system reboots.
One detail that might point to somewhere is that the "time to connect" when mapping the drive is so long that I believe some of the original failures were due to not waiting for a
minimum of 3 or 4 minutes to give time for the Shares to show-up in order to map them. Once the mapping is successful, the file access speed seems normal. But invariably, the drive becomes "unmapped" repeatedly each day.
I know this was a long question but I have tried to provide every possible detail for anyone who has experienced events like this who may already have a solution. I would even be glad
to purchase a 3rd party application if that is what it takes to get this to work. My next planned effort is to try using Server 2013 but I am afraid that might open another can of worms for those who still use Windows 7.
I have also been told that this is in some way related to the push to "Cloud" support in Windows 8.1 OS but I do not see where this would come in. I can say that this was the
one place where things continued to work as before. People who had Windows 8.1 and who had to use the CLOUD copies of our data are still able to connect to it with no problems.
Any suggestions appreciated. Preferably those that would not need extensive changes to the basic network structure. This "workgroup" consists of less than 25 users and any
extreme measures would be hard to justify

Hi，
I sugget you try to ping server so that we can verify the connectivity.
Can windows 8.1 access Windows Server 2008R2?
Also,please check the event viewer to see if some error log appeared when the issue occurred.
Regards,
Kelvin Xu
TechNet Community Support

CS4 Bridge Keywords - Delete when Bridge is close.

Greetings
I have gone through and applied keywords to hundreds of images, along with a respective Hierarchy KeyWords as well. As long as Bridge remains open and my computer is on I have access to sort, and find files based on Keywords.
"Close Bridge" : and all Keywords are missing from Keyword pane, excluding the few that are present with Bridge as examples that are always there.
I can, re-select all the images, and the keywords will load again into the Keyword pane, but that takes about hour to manage.
It is like some preference file is not being read, or the Keywords are not saved to the Keywords pane. I have loaded again this App from Photoshop CS4.
One person suggested I go into Preferences and un-click "Read Hierarchy keywords" then open all my image folders and again click on the images to reload the keywords into the Keyword pane again. Then go back to preferences and re-click Read Hierarchy Keywords again, and that everything should be in order. I have done this twice, once with starting Bridge again before re-clicking RHK button again.
Still after two years of having Bridge CS4, I can not used this function to search for images.
And yes, I do select a folder or mounting disk for Bridge to look at for finding the Keywords.
After all this time, has anyone solve the riddle of trying to make this work. I can not update my MAC. I have a PowerPC, Quick Silver, 2002 G4, dual 1000. So 10.4.11 is the last operating system I believe I can use.
Thanks for you help.
Have a good day.

Hello Curt
Thank you for your reply.
This Keyword system was working earlier, that is I could shut off the computer and come back to open Bridge and the keywords were there.
As you suggested the keyword did come up in Italics as I began working with them a few days ago, because someone had responded to an old Thread of mine from this site from almost a year ago. Initially there were coming up as persistent in normal font face.
I followed your suggestion with a smaller batch of Keywords, then shut down the computer and, and they were present when the program came back up.
So Thanks, that works.
This will get me back on the right track again with Keywords.
I have no idea what iniciated a change of from persistent keywords to loosing them all in the past. But at least cognitively, I now have a clear process for getting them to show up again on start.
Thanks again for your reply.

Sap inbox, shared folders docs should not be deleted except by author

Dear All
I have put some User trainig manuals in SAP inbox Shared folders and I kept the attribute as 'changeable by author'. But, Users can able to delete these files or documents. Is it possible to make that deletion is also only allowed by Author?
Also, is it possible to track who deleted these documents?
Thanks
Edited by: srini v on Aug 6, 2009 12:54 PM

hi,
1. yes u can control delet original through defining Authorization objects for respective user. refer DMS authrization objects
u can use this object and set activities. like create only, delet only. etc in 'C_DRAW_TCS ' This object controls which users can process which document info records, based on a combination of activity, document type, and status.
2. Also check tc --STAT, ask bassis regarding monitoring of user activities.
Benakaraj
??P

Sharing folders in 10.8.3 to windows and macs PROBLEMS

I'm tryng to share folders from an 10.8.3 imac to users in my LAN (using bot mac and windows) I'm having this problem:
1) Mac users can access the share using afp:// but
when they create new folders the permission are: drwxr-xr-x so no other can write those folders
2) PC users can access the share using smb:// but
when they create new folders the permission are: drwx------ so no other can read/write/execute
all user belong to the same group and the shared folders are owned by that group
I have create a file /etc/launchd.conf with umask 002 reboot but nothing has changed
I THOUGHT THAT MAKING SHARES IN MAC SHOULD BE EASY BUT IT SEEMS SOO HARD :-)

I'm tryng to share folders from an 10.8.3 imac to users in my LAN (using bot mac and windows) I'm having this problem:
1) Mac users can access the share using afp:// but
when they create new folders the permission are: drwxr-xr-x so no other can write those folders
2) PC users can access the share using smb:// but
when they create new folders the permission are: drwx------ so no other can read/write/execute
all user belong to the same group and the shared folders are owned by that group
I have create a file /etc/launchd.conf with umask 002 reboot but nothing has changed
I THOUGHT THAT MAKING SHARES IN MAC SHOULD BE EASY BUT IT SEEMS SOO HARD :-)

How do I watch Network Shared Folders in Organizer?

I must be able to watch shared folders on a network share in organizer.
Is there any way to be able to do this????
I'm using Photoshop/Premiere Elements 12.
Is this functionality present, or any easier, etc. if I upgrade to 13?
For Example: One problem that comes up is, if you're able to bring up the network places, and choose the share you want, getting the error "The watch folder service returned an error: The user name or password is incorrect."
I've investigated this before, spent some time, couldn't get this to work after some internet searching. I'm now re-visiting this trying to get it to work.
Thanks!

Here is the resource I find on the subject:
Photoshop Elements 6/7/8 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
[Note, how this is a problem back with PE 6.. I had PE 6... quit using it because of this same EXACT problem. I'd think that Adobe would fix this problem by 6 (or 7) versions later?!]
I tried changing the logon for the service the last time I worked on this and for some reason it didn't work. For whatever reason, I didn't get any errors this time.
I think my problem is, "watching" a folder isn't doing what I would have expected it to do. I'm expecting to choose a watched folder and then it will automatically populate my entire library (and then automatically update that as I add/delete/change files/folders). But I choose the watched folder, click the 'auto-something' (can't remember what it says) option, and then... nothing...

Are Keywords etc. transferable from one computer to another?

I'm working abroad at the moment using my laptop to manage my photos - usually at home I use another PC for my photography. If I organise my photos here by adding new keywords, ratings, metadata etc. are there any issues in transferring those criteria when I copy the files to my other PC when I get home?

I guess that I may have badly phrased the original question. I think the issue that I'm trying to resolve is that in Bridge you can set up a keyword hierarchy but when you open Bridge on another computer the keyword hierarchy (showing in the keywords panel) is different until you change it. So if I create a keyword hierarchy in Bridge on one computer is there any way that I can copy that hierarchy over to another computer?

VirtualBox Shared Folders not working after upgrade

Hello,
I'm running Arch Linux as a guest OS in VirtualBox. After yesterday's upgrades of linux to 3.11.1-1 and virtualbox-guest-modules to 4.2.18-3, the shared folder functionality seems to be seriously borked.
The vboxsf module itself loads fine, and produces no kernel messages except the standard hello :
[ 3.460662] vboxsf: Successfully loaded version 4.2.18_OSE (interface 0x00010004)
Mounting a shared directory with mount.vboxsf and mount -t vboxsf results in a success. However, accessing the mount ends in the CPU usage spiking to 100% and nothing happening. Furthermore, the following line appears in /etc/mtab :
none /mnt vboxsf rw,nodev,relatime 0 0
Removing and adding the shared folder from the machine settings, sadly, does not work. I'm running VirtualBox 4.2.18 on the host machine.
Has anybody had this issue after the update? Thanks in advance.

Problem:
ls hangs when run in a shared folder.
Yesterday I updated Arch Linux (through pacman), halted, updated Virtual Box to 4.2.18, and started Arch Linux again. However, after I did so I could not access my shared directories (with my Windows host). I do not think it is a permission problem (root cannot ls either).
I can:
cd /media/sf_VMShared
cd <a folder in VMShared>
However, I can't ls the directories. This is only a problem in Shared Folders. When I run
strace ls
It gets stuck looping on
getdents(3, /* 1 entries */, 32768) = 24
until I Ctrl-C. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks.
Full strace ouput:
execve("/usr/bin/ls", ["ls"], [/* 27 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0xf6b000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=121790, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 121790, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fe8a216f000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/libcap.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0000\25\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=16872, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fe8a216e000
mmap(NULL, 2112096, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fe8a1d6a000
mprotect(0x7fe8a1d6e000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7fe8a1f6d000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x3000) = 0x7fe8a1f6d000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/libacl.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\300 \0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=35384, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2130592, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fe8a1b61000
mprotect(0x7fe8a1b69000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7fe8a1d68000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x7000) = 0x7fe8a1d68000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\320\34\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=2027565, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3844624, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fe8a17b6000
mprotect(0x7fe8a1958000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7fe8a1b57000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1a1000) = 0x7fe8a1b57000
mmap(0x7fe8a1b5d000, 14864, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fe8a1b5d000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/libattr.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0`\24\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=18736, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fe8a216d000
mmap(NULL, 2113912, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7fe8a15b1000
mprotect(0x7fe8a15b5000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7fe8a17b4000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x3000) = 0x7fe8a17b4000
close(3) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fe8a216c000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fe8a216b000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fe8a216a000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7fe8a216b700) = 0
mprotect(0x7fe8a1b57000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7fe8a17b4000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7fe8a1d68000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x619000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7fe8a218d000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7fe8a216f000, 121790) = 0
brk(0) = 0xf6b000
brk(0xf8c000) = 0xf8c000
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1852416, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 1852416, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fe8a1fa5000
close(3) = 0
ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_NEXT_DEVICE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, {ws_row=48, ws_col=95, ws_xpixel=950, ws_ypixel=912}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, ".", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
getdents(3, /* 1 entries */, 32768) = 24
getdents(3, /* 1 entries */, 32768) = 24
getdents(3, /* 1 entries */, 32768) = 24
getdents(3, /* 1 entries */, 32768) = 24
--- SIGINT {si_signo=SIGINT, si_code=SI_KERNEL} ---
+++ killed by SIGINT +++
Last edited by chetjan (2013-09-18 20:59:31)

How do the User and Shared Folders relate to the main drive? Can we delete?

I'm curious how the User and Shared folders relate to the main hard drive and if there is duplicate files in these folders and the main hard drive. Some software programs I have seemed to have loaded content/info into these folders and I'm wondering why they put files in there instead of just the regular main hard drive pathing. These 2 folders are more confusing than anything. I can see that might be of use to a family and each family member wants to keep files in a personal file, but when I'm the only one using my computer, it seems like I should have the option to remove these folders completely, but I don't because I feel like I would be deleting some important files that I wasn't aware were in these folders.
Another thing is, when I click on User folders (at least I think it's the User and not Shared folder), it brings up my name and 'Shared' in 2 seperate subfolders. Is anything in these folders duplicates of what's on my main hard drive? Is there anything significant about these folders if I'm the only user on my computer?
I would nice to get rid of clutter and to eliminate options for software to install things by deleting these folders and not have home/user/shared folders. Is that possible?

stikygum wrote:
Yeah, I'm really low on space, so I'm going about a bunch of different consolidating options. But I mainly posted my main question to help me understand what 'stuff' is in the User and Shared folders and whether or not they act like an Alias, in order to help me make an informed decision what is best for my needs.
They are not aliases; it is a hierarchy, and there is intentional duplication at different levels. This is a feature.
First thing is that Users and Shared are at different levels. Users is at the top level, but Shared is one level inside Users, at the same level as any other user account you have created.
Therefore, if you delete the Users folder, you delete all user accounts, which means you delete all personal data. OS X probably won't even let you delete the Users folder unless you start up from a different hard drive, because you can't delete your user account while you are running in it.
Now, more about the hierarchy. The intentional duplication is so that documents and software can exist for individual users or all users. For example, there are multiple Applications folders:
Hard Drive\Applications - applications any user can see, installed at the system level
Hard Drive\Users\username1\Applications = applications only that user can see
Hard Drive\Users\username2\Applications = applications only that user can see
In the same way, there are multiple Preferences, Cookies, Application Support, etc. folders at different levels, for the same reasons.
If you do not know what you are doing and you delete one of these folders that "looks like a duplicate" you could cripple some essential part of your system or your account. That is why people are telling you not to do this.
The Shared folder is there because if you are in one user account you are prevented from seeing the files inside other user accounts. (Because you don't want other accounts to be able to see your personal data.) If you want to share files with others in your house using the same Mac, that's a problem. But the Shared folder solves this. if you want some files to be accessible to all users, like some photos or music, just put them in the Shared folder and now anyone with an account on that computer can see those shared files.
The reason shared files are not simply stored at the top level is because everything above the Users folder is supposed to be reserved for the system. User-specific are supposed to stay in the Users folder. That is why they put the Shared folder in there.
If you are not using the Shared folder and are just eyeing it because you want to free up some disk space, well, it probably won't help to delete it. Because if you are not using the Shared folder, it is probably not taking up much space, even though you see stuff in there. And if there is stuff in there taking up space, first figure out if someone put it there for a reason before you delete it.

Sharing folders for multiple uses on my new iMac

I am tryng to figure out how to have multiple users on the same machine access and use the same files (music, photos, documents). I followed the instructions in a an article in MacWorld, but it seems that the files cannot be accessed by other users unless the person sharing is logged in and running the program. Even when this is the case, the user has to navigate the the files on the side pane. I then tried moving the the iTunes folder into the shared directory and then as the new user File-Add to Library... option. After pointing to the shared folder, it created a copy of the entire folder. Is there a way that all of the users on the machine can have their iTunes and iPhoto just open normally and look at the shared folder of songs and pics?
Thanks!

Specifically for sharing iPhoto:
There are two ways to share, depending on what you mean by 'share'.
If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other account. In that account, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
Remember iPhoto must be running in both accounts for this to work.
If you want the other user to have the same access to the library as you: to be able to add, edit, organise, keyword etc. then:
Quit iPhoto in both accounts
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to an external HD set to ignore permissions. You could also use a Disk Image or even partition your Hard Disk.
In each account in turn: Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting dialogue, select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new library location. From that point on, this will be the default library location. Both accounts will have full access to the library, in fact, both accounts will 'own' it.
However, there is a catch with this system and it is a significant one. iPhoto is not a multi-user app., it does not have the code to negotiate two users simultaneously writing to the database, and trying will cause db corruption. So only one user at a time, and back up, back up back up.
Finally: If you’re comfortable in the Terminal, and understand File Permissions, ACL’s etc., some folks have reported success using the process outlined here . (Note this page refers to 10.4, but it should also work on 10.5). If you’re not comfortable with the terminal, and don’t know an ACL from the ACLU, then you’re best doing something else... Oh, and the warning about simultaneous users still applies.
Regards
TD

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