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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99

posted 10-27-2003 04:08 PM

As long as file sharing is activated on the PC you ought to be able to connect to it from the Mac. If other PCs can see it, the Mac can too.

If you want to go the other direction and connect to the Mac from the PC then you have to go into the Mac's preference panel and turn on Windows file sharing.

I don't know much about PC file sharing, but as far as the Mac is concerned, the remote comptuer has to have its file sharing turned on. It doesn't matter what the status of the local machine is. If it's not turned on other people just won't be able to see you on the network.

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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 10-27-2003 08:24 PM

PC file sharing is pretty easy. In some respects I think it is too easy, thus making a very good argument for a file server that keeps all the files and all the users just check out what they need.

On our sign company's network we have a dedicated server, but it is mainly reserved for accounting and payroll duties. I set up the newer PCs we have in our studio to where only one or two specific production related folders are visible across the network. That's makes it a bit easier to keep files organized and not have to go policing numerous duplicate files all over the place.

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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
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posted 10-27-2003 11:30 PM

Every file, folder or volume has a "Get Info" box in OS X.
Access it from the FILE > GET INFO..." menu, type <CMD> I or use the contextual menu. (<CNTRL> Click the icon.)

In the Get Info box is a choice that allows you to decide whether or not to share that asset.

If you choose to "lock it down" remote users won't even be able to see that item on the network.

Further, when using Apple's "Remote Access" one can log into the comptuer with their account name and password just as if they were at the local machine. The system's administrator can allow each user to see or not see certain folders/files on the machine. If the admin. wants he can make only the user's "home" folder accessible. The only thing that the remote user can do is place items into another user's "Drop Box" folder. Once files are dropped in, they can only be seen by the user who owns that Drop Box. (Or the "root" user/administrator.)

XP does this in a similar way, I bet.
(As incredible as it may sound, I really am pretty ignorant of all things Microsoft!)

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