1.4 Setting user rights to volumes and partitions

If you partition your drive as described in the section "1.1 Partitioning the servers' hard disk", or if you add new drives to your server - then you need to set user access rights to every partition or volume that you add.

Log on to the server as "root".

Run "Server Admin" from the toolbar.

 
In the "Server Admin Logon" window, enter the server IP address, the "administrators" name, and the "administrators" password.
Select "Show Users & Groups List" from the "Users & Groups" icon
Enable the "Show System Users & Groups" button in the Users & Groups List window
Select "Show Disks & Share Points" from the "Sharing" icon

In the "Disks & Share Points" window, select the partition or volume that you wish to change.

If you have followed the suggested partitioning scheme, then select the volume "STORE1".

Set the "Owner" to "root" with read/write access

Set the "Group" to "admin" with read only access

Give "Everyone" read only access

 

Click the "Save" button to make the changes.

A warning dialogue will appear... Click "OK"

Repeat the process for any other volumes that you have added to your server.

For example, if you have followed the suggestion, and have installed Mac OS 9.1 onto a partition called "Clent HD", then select "Clent HD" from the "Disks & Share Points" window.

Set the "Owner" to "root" with read/write access

Set the "Group" to "admin" with read only access

Give "Everyone" read only access

 

Click the "Save" button to make the changes.

Mac OSX server - tech notes - © 2002 by Mark J Swift - msw AT blackpool.ac.uk