[G4] G4 as a file server?

[John Niven]

David,

I'm getting better at UNIX, but I tried this and it
didn't work.

Can you be more descriptive for the
hard-of-understanding? :-)

John

--- David Barber <odoketa at yahoo.com> wrote:

> John,
> 
> I've solved this problem by using the unix 'link'
> command. I create a symbolic link to
> /Volumes/ThatOtherDrive in the home of the user
> directory. Works great, no overhead (it's a file
> system operation).
> 
> ln -s  /Volumes/OtherDrive otherdrive
> 
> David
> 
> -
> 
> From: John Niven <senseamp at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [G4] G4 as a file server?
> To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
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> 
> I have a mixed PC mac home network. Currently, a
> W2000
> PC serves as file and print server but I'd like to
> phase that out and replace it with a Gigabit G4.
> This
> I have setup with a smallish boot drive and two
> 180Gb
> SATA drives (mirrored) hooked to a Sonnet Tempo PCI
> card.
> 
> Under Tiger, I have set up a "guest' account for
> everybody to log in as, but whne I log in I can't
> see
> the SATA drives. What do I have to do to allow
> others
> to r/w files on the 180Gb mirror?
> 
> Should I be looking for   osx server s/w?
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> 
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