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OCTOBER 07, 2002 Networking Windows with Mac OS X, Part 2
Let's move on to the Global tab (fig. 5). Here, you can set whether you want to map the Guest Account to any of the accounts on your Mac (in my case, the "Windows" user I set up specifically for Windows Sharing; if you did what you were supposed to and read part 1 of this tutorial, you'll have a similar account), what network interfaces to allow access, whether those annoying "dot files" are visible to connected users, settings to allow or deny specific hosts, etc. Fill these in as you see fit, but you can also leave the defaults here as well if you don't want to deal with it. 
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The Shares tab (fig. 6) is the real meat of the program. 
Figure 6 Here, you define what folders or drives are visible to Windows users on your network. Click New, which prompts you to name your share. Don't forget to enclose your share name in brackets, or it won't work. After naming your share, fill in a comment if you like, then click the Edit Folder button to browse to the drive or folder you want shared. Now the important part. The Change Permissions button is there for a reason, allowing you to set the appropriate rights to the folder you want to share. The nice part is that the SSP app lets you do this completely in context (fig. 7), so go ahead and tweak the permissions to allow or disallow the appropriate access to your share. Once you're done with that, check the Writeable and Guest Access boxes as desired, and voila: your first share! Repeat this step as necessary; in my case, I just duplicated the first share and changed the name and folder, saving me a few steps since all my shares are configured identically. You can also opt to share printers, as well as share (or not share) the default user directory that's shared in the basic setup described in part 1 of this tutorial. 
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