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11Click Protocol Options.

12In AFP, select “Share this item using AFP” and “Allow AFP guest access.”

When you enable guest access, it is enabled for all home folders in the share point.

By default, in home folders guests can only access /Public and /Sites folders. When a guest browses the home folder server, they can see who has home folders on that server but are restricted to opening guest-access-enabled folders.

Guests can also use ~user-short-name/Public to access a user’s /Public folder.

13To prevent SMB access to the share point, in SMB, deselect “Share this item using SMB.”

14To prevent FTP access to the share point, in FTP, deselect “Share this item using FTP.”

15To prevent NFS access to the share point, in NFS, deselect “Export this item and its contents to.”

16Click OK to close the Protocol Options dialog and then click Save.

From the Command Line

You can also set up a share point using the sharing command in Terminal. For more information, see the file services chapter of Command-Line Administration.

Setting Up an Automountable NFS Share Point for Home Folders

Although AFP is the preferred protocol for accessing home folders (because of the security it offers), you can use Server Admin to set up a network NFS share point for home folders.

NFS share points can be used for home folders of users defined in shared directory domains, such as an Open Directory domain or an Active Directory domain.

The NFS share point must be automountable—that is, it must have a network mount record in the directory domain where the user account resides.

An automountable share point ensures that the computer can locate the NFS share point and home folder. It also makes the share point’s server visible in /Network/Servers when the user logs in to a Mac OS X computer configured to access the shared domain.

To set up an automountable NFS share point for home folders:

1If you do not have a share point to host home folders, create one. For instructions, see “Setting Up a Share Point” on page 116.

2Open Server Admin and connect to the server that hosts the share point.

To connect to the server, choose Server > Connect, enter the server address in the Address field, and then authenticate as a server administrator.

If you’re already connected, you’ll see Disconnect (instead of Connect) in the Server menu.

Chapter 7 Setting Up Home Folders