Apple 145B Giving away ownership of a folder or disk on your computer, Turning file sharing off

Giving away ownership of a folder or disk on your computer

You can give away ownership of a shared folder or disk on your computer to a registered user or group.

Because you are the owner of your computer, the new owner of a folder or disk on your computer cannot restrict your access to it. However, the new owner can change the access privileges

that other people have to the item. If you give away ownership of a folder or disk, make sure to remove any folders or documents that you don’t want others to see or change.

1.Select a shared folder or disk.

2.Choose Sharing from the File menu.

3.Choose a name in the Owner pop-up menu.

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If you select <Any User>, then anyone on the network can change the access privileges or ownership of the item.

4.Close the window and click Save in the dialog box.

5.Click OK to confirm that you want to change ownership.

Turning file sharing off

You can turn file sharing off at any time. When file sharing is off, people on the network cannot access folders or disks on your computer, and you cannot access your computer from another computer on the network.

When you turn file sharing back on, the items you shared before are available again automatically.

1.Choose Control Panels from the Apple (K) menu and open the Sharing Setup icon.

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