How to set permissions on a file by object/computer name and not user name

harvey.l12 · 16 Mar 2015 at 14:39

I am wondering if anyone knows how to set sharing permissions on windows to a object such as a computer or Mac in my case instead of the user.

We don't have our Macs in the Active Directory, we are looking to share an external hard drive to only Macs and not the Windows PC's on the network with out using active directory. I have tested sharing the external hard drive from a PC to everyone and both the PC's and Macs can access this, but we only want the Macs to see this and access this and not everyone. There is no selection for sharing with the computer name in the Share permissions so the only way to do this is to share it to everyone. The Mac accounts are local to the Macs and the PC's are on Active Directory so what i need to do is have a way to share this folder with only Macs and not all the windows PC's. Any solutions, any ideas will help

Thanks

Six6siX · 16 Mar 2015 at 14:50

What about using sharename$ to make it a hidden share on all platforms and then connect using Finder by specifying that name?

harvey.l12 · 16 Mar 2015 at 14:56

Six6siX said:
What about using sharename$ to make it a hidden share on all platforms and then connect using Finder by specifying that name?

Hi, How would i go about doing this?

Thanks

Six6siX · 16 Mar 2015 at 15:09

Assuming it is being set up as a Windows Share.

When you set the drive root as a share, specify the share name as sharename$ (including the $ sign) to create it as a hidden share.

In Finder connect to smb://hostname/sharename$

(note that access to the share on Windows PCs will still be possible using the same \\hostname\sharename$ method - it just wont be visible by default with the rest of the shares in \\hostname)