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We have a small (10 macs) network without a server. All mac and OS9. Now we need to give access to an PCXP user who will join us for a couple of months. We have not succeded yet, so for the moment we use "web sharing" on the folders the PCXP need to access. Is there a simple way to solve this, like, duh, in a normal networking way?

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davebytes

You can use native windows format SMB file sharing on OSX machines. I believe newest OS versions come with SMB as a base feature, whereas older ones you might have needed to install an OSX Samba release. That will show the OSX drives to the XP user as native Windows shares, essentially, and/or show the XP shared drive(s) as native network shares to the OSX macs. That's a quick way, no $$. A decent overview of built-in OSX support is at:
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/11/19/mac_pc.html

The best site for answering these sorts of questions is MacWindows. Try:
http://www.macwindows.com/Network.html
... as a start. They also have a tutorials section that provides walkthroughs.

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trodat4430

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Thank´s davebytes, but i´m afraid its still OS9...

trodat4430

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FZ1Bob, do you have adress to PC-Mac LAN download/info-page?

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PC-Mac LAN by Miramar Systems, http://www.miramar.com/

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ryanhunt

If you use a standard XP install, you can install 'Services for Macintosh' on the XP machine. You can install this by Start -> Settings --> Control Panel --> Add Remove Programs -> Add Remove Windows Components. It should be under networking.

You could then share out a directory on the XP machine (to share out for macs it's done in Computer Management, right click on "My Computer" --> click on Manage). Share out the directory, and give read/write permissions to that folder to a new user you've created on the pc. (say macusers) So then the mac users can connect to the pc (both os9 and osx) and write/read files from it. You won't need any extra software or liceneses.

If you want full read/write access to the PC (check with the owner first, it's a potential security issue) add a share to C: or C$ to this 'macuser' and give them the appropriate access.

This would let you share files with all users, but the OS 9/X users would have to initiate the copy, obviously the PC can't "pull" files off the macs, but as long as the macs dump onto the PC, the XP user can access it.

Hope this helps??

Ryan.

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hum...
A special version of XP with mac services? only w2000/2003 has this feature, at least here in Europe.

mowtown75

True, I do not have it on my Xp pro.

I am having problems with Macs OS10 seeing my FTP directory correctly.

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that should work strait away.
you use the finder directly, but that will download only, no upload
Command K: ftp://user:passwd@site should opne a finder window with the avaiable files.
3rd party apps is still the best: transmit or netfinder are my favourites.

Lieven Embrechts

Since it's obvious you don't want to buy tons of dave licenses or install a windows2000 server, i think the easiest way is indeed setup a quick ftp- or web-server on the mac.
Filename length, special characters in filenames and especially filename extensions will be a problem too: mac users aren't used to it (as they are automatically put in type/creator).
If you want fluent collaboration, mac users must show a bit more discipline on filenames then they are used too.