OS 10.2 and XP Networking

[purpleproject]

Hi Guys,

Have a slight problem with Networking my XP box and our G4 running OS 10.2.

They are networked fine in that we can connect to the PC fine and mount any folders I share on the PC - all fine so far. We can share vice versa to but with limitations -

The problem is the Mac will only let the PC share a Users folder that we had to create - we cannot seem to get the Mac to share any folders we specify - it will only let us share the folders in the PC users folder..I hope this makes sense!
I basically need to share like I can on the PC (I set the folders sharing and security). On the Mac I need to share some of the folders in the admin's applications and obviously I cant move these apps into the folders in the PC users 'drop box'
We have enabled all the following -

..to no avail. I guess I could ftp in through the command line but there must be a way to open the mac up so all can be shared when specified...

I also have an external firewire drive on mac that sits on the desktop as a latge storage device. I cant seem to share this either - I have set the permissions so that my PC can write/read to it but I just cant see it at the PC end - I guess this is linked to the above problem in that I cant specify individual locations to share.
If its any help, I had no problem with all this on 10.1 so 10.2 must have changed something somewhere...
Hope someone can help! ::angel:: ::angel::

 

[bobw]

You can use SharePoints to share anything on the Mac, or do it through the Terminal;

Open Terminal and type;

cd /etc
sudo pico smb.conf
----------------------------------------------------------
You'll be prompted for the password.
You should see the following with the exception of the lines in bold which I added for my system
-------------------------------------------------------------
[global]
client code page = 437
coding system = utf8
guest account = unknown
encrypt passwords = yes

[homes]
comment = User Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mode = 0750

[MyComputer Computer]
comment = Root level of HardDriveName
path = /
writable = yes

[volumes]
comment = CDs, disk images and network volumes
path = /Volumes
writable = yes

;[public]
; path = /tmp
; public = yes
; only guest = yes
; writable = yes
; printable = no

;[printers]
; comment = All Printers
; browseable = no
; printable = yes
; public = no
; writable = no
; create mode = 0700
-------------------------------------------------------------

When done making your changes, hit Control-O to write changes to disk and press Return when prompted for a file name. The hit Control-X to quit pico and close the Terminal window.

 

[purpleproject]

Thats fantastic Bob m8

You are a star ;-)