luc1420

Q: I would like to share some folders between accounts on the same iMac ( Lion OS X).

Several users having their own account on the same iMac, would like to share a same folder for their common work ?

How can I handle this without using an external server file ?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

Posted on Aug 28, 2011 1:02 AM

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Q: I would like to share some folders between accounts on the same iMac ( Lion OS X).

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  • by softwater,

    softwater softwater Aug 28, 2011 1:08 AM in response to luc1420
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    Aug 28, 2011 1:08 AM in response to luc1420

    Navigate from your hard disk, through to Users and the Shared folder:

     

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  • by luc1420,

    luc1420 luc1420 Aug 29, 2011 7:12 AM in response to softwater
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    Aug 29, 2011 7:12 AM in response to softwater

    Dear Softwater,

     

    thx for your answer;

    I did that but the other users don't have the authorisation to modify; I think it's an ACL problem, but I really don't know how to resolve this under Lion (not server).

  • by softwater,

    softwater softwater Aug 29, 2011 8:08 AM in response to luc1420
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    Aug 29, 2011 8:08 AM in response to luc1420

    You can set the permissions  to allow anyone to modify each file.

     

    Select the file, press cmd-i on the keyboard, scroll down to the bottom of the dialogue and click the padlock.

     

    Enter your admin password, then change all the permissions to allow read and write.

     

    You could also do the same thing with the Shared folder itself which should allow everyone to modify any file placed in the folder. Select the shared folder, and repeat the procedure above. Then, next to the padlock you should see a 'cog' icon with a drop down menu. Click the menu and choose 'apply to enclosed items' and 'OK' when the warning dialogue ('Are you sure? You cannot undo this action') comes up.

  • by jsd2,

    jsd2 jsd2 Aug 29, 2011 8:08 AM in response to luc1420
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    Aug 29, 2011 8:08 AM in response to luc1420

    What I do is keep a USB flash drive always plugged in, and use it for items that I want to share between user accounts. If you format it as Mac OS X (extended) then also do a Get Info and be sure that the checkbox for "ignore ownership on this volume" is checked.

    When you use a disk volume with ownership disabled,  it shouldn't  matter how an item gets there - ithe item should always be writable by other users. I generally run Snow Leopard, but I think it should work the same way in Lion.

  • by jsd2,

    jsd2 jsd2 Aug 29, 2011 10:00 AM in response to luc1420
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    Aug 29, 2011 10:00 AM in response to luc1420

    Take a look also at this User Tip:

    Automatically make shared files writable for others