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OCTOBER 07, 2002 Networking Windows with Mac OS X, Part 2
The Textual tab (fig. 8) shows you the actual smb.conf file. There are a bunch of other parameters that the Samba server recognizes that are not represented elsewhere in the Samba Sharing Package application, so if you want to enter any of these (provided, of course, you know what they are), you can do it directly in this panel. For example, I manually entered "create mode=777" at the end of each of my shares because I wanted every file to be read, written, and potentially executed by any user, since any user means me and me alone in my setup. Once you're done playing with all of the tabs and have everything where you want it, save the configuration file (File > Save) and quit the Samba Sharing Package. 
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Step 6: Activate your configuration and restart the server Your System Preferences panel should still be open and displaying the Samba Sharing pane. Click on the Global tab if you're not there already, and use the drop-down menu to select the configuration you just made, in my case, "Home." (fig. 9) This works very similarly to the Location drop-down in the Network pane, so mobile users can have different sharing configurations saved to reflect the various Windows networks they participate in regularly. If the server is already running, press the Stop button, wait for the server to shut down, then click the Start button to reactivate the server with your new settings. Please note that any change you make, either in the preference pane or the Samba Sharing Package application, requires you to restart the server for the changes to take effect. 
Figure 9 Step 7: Check to see whether it's working Painful as this step may be, you have to do this part from a Windows machine. From the Windows desktop, double-click on the Network Neighborhood icon, choose Entire Network, and find the Workgroup or Domain your machine is supposed to be a part of. Hopefully, if all is well, you'll see the name of your Mac sitting amongst all the other Windows machines (fig. 10). 
Figure 10 Double-click on your machine to see if your shares show up (fig. 11). 
Figure 11 Everything OK? Great! Windows users can now grab and send files to and from your Mac just like they do amongst themselves. Plus, you can keep track of who is currently connected to your Mac from the preference pane's Connections tab (fig. 12), and kick them to the curb through the Disconnect button when and if they start getting too uppity. 
Figure 12 Playing nice with the Windows world is a necessary evil these days, especially in the corporate environment, but, fortunately, Jaguar is more than up to the task. Hopefully, after following these steps, your Mac will appear as just another Windows machine sitting nicely on the network, giving the higher-ups one less reason to take your Mac away. Happy Samba serving! When not fleeing the paparazzi or spending his vast fortune associated with the fame and notoriety of being a Creative Mac contributing editor, Kevin Schmitt can be found with his eyeballs glued to his computer screen, actually using some of the hardware and software he rants so incoherently about. An award-winning animator, artist and multimedia producer, he is currently a freelance designer located in the enormously bustling megalopolis of Charlottesville, Va. Whether you're looking to "give him the business" of either the figurative or literal type, feel free to drop him a line. He's ready to believe you! Prev 1 2 3 4 Related sites: • AV Video • Creative Mac • Digital Animators • Digital Media Designer • Digital Post Production • Digital Pro Sound • Digital Producer • Digital Video Editing • DV Format • Film and Video Magazine Related forums: [an error occurred while processing this directive] 
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