Nested Share Points Permissions

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Nested Share Points Permissions

I'm moving my employees over to a Mac server. They are already running Macs and all have iOS devices so it only made sense. Everything works fine but the permissions. Here's what I'm trying to do. It was easy on WIndows servers but I'm struggling with the Share Points and permissions on the Mac.

I have a folder structure like so...

CLIENTS

Client A
- Project 1
- Project 2
- Project 3
Client B
- Project 1

Now let's say I want to grant permissions to a project manager for Project 2 under Client A. In windows I simply set the NTFS permissions for Project 2 and then share that folder. They will ONLY see that folder in their view and then have access. With OSX, I granted them access to Project 2 but the problem is, they see it but when they try to access it it then errors out and says object no longer accessible. If i grant them read access to the root of CLIENTS AND Client A, it works fine. However, I don't want them to even see the higher folders. How can I get it to simply give them access to Project 2 and have them only see that?

Posted on Mar 9, 2013 10:53 AM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Mar 9, 2013 11:00 AM in response to digitalsr2

If you change the permissions for Client A, then you need to extend the change to each of the projects in Client A. Select Client A's folder. Press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window and go to the Sharing and Permissions panel. After setting the permissions you want for the folder, use the tool dropdown menu and select the option to "Apply to enclosed items...."

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digitalsr2 Author

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Mar 9, 2013 12:40 PM in response to Kappy

When i go here, I have one of the groups that says "Fetching" and just sits there. If I go to the server manager and go to Storage, I can see it fine.

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digitalsr2 Author

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Mar 9, 2013 12:46 PM in response to digitalsr2

Do I need to grant any access to "CLIENTS" or "Client A" if I just want someone to have access to Project 1?

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Answer 4

Kappy

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Mar 9, 2013 12:49 PM in response to digitalsr2

Oops, I did not notice you were handling this via OS X server. I don't know what's done in the Server.

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XFox

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Jan 23, 2014 7:03 PM in response to digitalsr2

I have this very same problem.

Did you manage to solve it?

I have the impression that the key is to use an ACL to give read access to the owner of the process that actually performs the file sharing… but I may be wrong.

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Answer 6

Feb 17, 2014 7:14 AM in response to digitalsr2

I have learned alot about this recently. I think the issue is you need to change permissions in the server view, not the finder.

Go to server, select the very top item (name of your server) then go to storage

select the fodler and edit persmissions at the bottom of the screen

i jsut spent all weekend dealing with this and it worked for me.

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