1. | Sharing-only accounts cannot be set to share files and folders using SMB. Therefore, Windows users cannot be given sharing-only accounts on the Mac. This appears to be a bug in Leopard. |
2. | Standard accounts with Read/Write permissions on the shared drive cannot write to it over SMB unless permissions for Everyone are set to Read/Write. If you set up the shared external drive in Sharing preferences as follows:
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Then log in to that Standard account over the network from a PC running Windows, you cannot write to the external drive despite having Read/Write permissions. Any attempt write to the drive will result in Windows alert stating that you do not have the necessary authorization. Only by setting permissions for Everyone to Read/Write on the shared external drive can you then write to the shared external drive from the Windows PC while logged in as a standard account on the Mac sharing the drive. This may also be a bug in Leopard or in the default SMB configuration. Sharepoints set up as seen in the screen shot only work if you log into a Standard account on the Mac sharing the drive from another Mac on the local network. |