July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
866 pages
29h 18m
English
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Permissions
A factory-fresh installation of Mac OS X offers one way for you to submit files to somebody else (that person's Public folder), one way to accept files from other people (your Drop Box folder), and one community folder that's available to all account holders on a single Mac (the Shared folder). These limits are the most visible aspects of Mac OS X's access privileges system, a fairly rigid scheme of permissions that let you control how much freedom your fellow account holders (and network visitors) have to view and edit the files on your Mac.
Most people are perfectly content with Apple's proposed permissions setup: Account holders have access only to their own stuff, with the exception of the Shared, Public, and Drop Box folders. If you're in that category, skip ahead a few pages and rejoice; the business of changing the permissions for certain folders can be complex and brain-bending.
But there are benefits to learning about permissions. Maybe you'd like to create some other folders in your Home folder that other account holders are allowed to open.
Permissions also protect your folders from across the network, too. For example, you could seal off your Public folder so that people Can't see whats inside. Or for added convenience, maybe you'd like to set up some additional drop box folders, or other "public" folders, for your co-worker's use from across the network.
Here's a quick summary of some typical setups. In each case, you Can't make changes unless either (a) you ...
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