[X4U] Turn on file sharing from the Terminal?

[Ben Gold]

Sorry, I missed the beginning of this thread.

typing "sudo AppleFileServer" then your password, should turn on 
file-sharing.

I'm not positive if it will work if you've never set sharing up before 
– I do remember that I had trouble with it once.  But I just tried it 
out via ssh on my G4 and it worked great.

I believe I once found some options to turn sharing on and off via this 
command, but I've been unable to find any info recently.  If anyone 
knows more about this command, please let us know.

-Ben

On Apr 13, 2005, at 9:47 PM, Peter Krug wrote:

> Sooo....  If I type the lines below in the terminal, it will turn on 
> file sharing?  Keep in mind that I cannot see what I am typing.  If I 
> screw this up, will it completely hose the OS?
>
> What if I copy a com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist from a computer that 
> does have file sharing turned on into the other computer's 
> /Library/Preferences (via target mode).  It will be difficult to get 
> the file into the proper place on the damaged computer since I don't 
> even know if it will recognize another computer in target mode, not to 
> mention the authentication issues getting /Library access on the 
> damaged computer.  It's not fun running blind...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
> On Apr 13, 2005, at 6:13 PM, Stroller wrote:
>
>>
>> On Apr 13, 2005, at 10:01 pm, Peter Krug wrote:
>>>
>>> I can open the terminal (At least I'm pretty sure I can).  Is there 
>>> a simple command that will turn on filesharing from the terminal?  I 
>>> can't use the Sharing pref pane since I cannot see where the cursor 
>>> is.
>>
>> Take a look at /Library/Preferences/com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist 
>> & `man defaults`.
>>
>> On my system ftp is turned  on right now, bit not file sharing:
>>
>>                 ...
>>                 <key>FTP Access</key>
>>                 <dict>
>>                         <key>editable</key>
>>                         <integer>0</integer>
>>                         <key>enable</key>
>>                         <integer>1</integer>
>>                         <key>port</key>
>>                         <array>
>>                                 <string>20-21</string>
>>                                 <string>*</string>
>>                         </array>
>>                         <key>row</key>
>>                         <integer>4</integer>
>>                 </dict>
>>                 <key>Personal File Sharing</key>
>>                 <dict>
>>                         <key>editable</key>
>>                         <integer>0</integer>
>>                         <key>enable</key>
>>                         <integer>0</integer>
>>                         <key>port</key>
>>                         <array>
>>                                 <string>548</string>
>>                                 <string>427</string>
>>                         </array>
>>                         <key>row</key>
>>                         <integer>0</integer>
>>                 </dict>
>>                 ...
>
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