Sharing folders between only trust Mac over a network, not everyone

I can't find an exact answer to it any where online so I hope that someone here will have an answer.

I'm in an office shared with other Mac and PC on the same network, all I want to do is allow one or two Mac trust access to certain folders on the first machine and vice versa, but does not any unwanted access machines.

These records will be available often sometimes sharing large files so airdrop or the public folder is not an option. Rather than spending a lot on a NAS drive dedicated for example I just want to be able to share some folders with a password only once in their Keychain, that they can just access as and when they require.

I would have thought that it is relatively simple, but for the life of me can't work how? Anyone know if this is possible? have I lost it?

01 machine is a mac pro end of 2013 (bin), 02 is a mac pro 2012 (Tower) and 03 is a macbook pro 2011 all running Yosemite. (El Capitan is not an option yet for various reasons of 3rd party software/hardware)

Thank you very much

Marc

This is possible.

You need to check with you network administrator. It is best to get a static ip address.

Instructions of apples.

OS X Yosemite: share your files with other users of Mac

post back & we can get it sorted eventually.

I use NFS & NFSManager because I want to include other users of mac and linux.

Tags: Mac OS & System Software

Steps to reproduce

I wrote a PHP script that seeks a different file names for a given text, until it crashes. Store this file in the shared folder and run it with php f. As you can see, all the content of the file is commented out, so it shouldn't affect anything.

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for($i = 0; $i < 1000; $i++) {
     // generate a random number
     $rnd = rand(0, 1000);
     $filename = 'require' . $rnd . '.php';
     echo "Try no. $i, filename $filename\n";
     // write the content to $filename
     file_put_contents($filename, $content);
     // require the same file
     require($filename);
}

I wrote another script to generate the build the combination of text and name of the file that is causing the problem:

<?php

// the decimal ASCII code of all upper and lower case chars
$ascii_alpha_chars= array_merge(range(65, 90), range(97, 122));

// how many tries
$count = 500;

$out= '';
for($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
     // generate a random number of files
     $lines = rand(70, 90);
     $out ='';
     for($j = 0; $j < $lines; $j++) {
          // ...and a random number of chars on each line
          $rand = rand(30, 70);
          $out .= get_random_chars($rand) . "\n";
     }
     write_and_require($out);
//     echo "$i\n";
}

function write_and_require($out) {
     // write the content to a file, require it, and delete it
     $sourceCode= "<?php\n/*n$out\n*/\n";
     for($i = 0; $i < 50; $i++) {
          $rnd = rand(0, 1000);
          $filename = 'require' . $rnd . '.php';
//          echo "$filename\n";
          file_put_contents($filename, $sourceCode);
          require_once($filename);
          unlink($filename);
     }
}

function get_random_chars($n) {
     global $ascii_alpha_chars;
     $out = '';
     for($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) {
          // add a random char
          $out .= chr($ascii_alpha_chars[array_rand($ascii_alpha_chars)]);
     }
     return $out;
}

This problem occurs only for the upgrade of VMware 8 and only when the script runs in the shared folders, I strongly suspect that it is a problem within the VMware stack.

Can anyone elso reproduce this behavior?

Hello

If you use the kernel of an open-vm-tools HGFS customer then yes there are bugs because the version provided with that was broken and not tested. People has not listened to my complaints about it.

Current recommended approach is to always use the installation of VMware tools for the shared folders feature.

Open-vm-tools are used to install tools user mode only. We try to make all of the features available with these, including a file sharing client FUSE based. Version 10 of the open-vm-tools will have this.

Stick with VMware tools install for now for file sharing.

Thanks for your great art information and debugging this issue.

Steve

sharing files between 'HST' & 'GST' in the guest only network

Features of the sharing folder between the guest and host is important when guest only network. Unfortunately, I was not able to find accurate answers and but confusion according to the VWMare Server 2.0 documentation and GUI.
vmserver2.PDF
-
"Shared folder tab.
VMware Server does not support this feature.
guest operating system
-
"VMWare tools properties.
Shared folders are currently disbled on this host.
DialogBox help on guest operating system
-
.... To activate the shared folders for the virtual machine, see the documentation for your VMware product...
I installed VMWare tools on the guest-os (Win2003R2). I started Win2008R2 nine as host and shared folder did not work. I thought that maybe it works with OS experienced as Win2K3 and built a brand new Windows 2003 host and once again no shared folder. Later, I found above document, saying: it is not supported at all then, is there any altarnatives.
Only way I see is, add a dummy WinXP guest with "bridged" n/w, to play the role of trading place for exchanging files b/w other guests and the host. In my case, it is very important to keep the others invited Win2003 unware of outside n/w. This strategy XP, just to share the log file is an exaggeration. I guess people must have solved this problem in a more elegant way, if so please let me know, if there are better ways.
Thank you
Riou

nfall wrote:

> If the prompt is set to guest only network, then you already have a network connection between the host and the guest. no need for another bridge > network link. So just put in place the traditional Windows file sharing.

Host is able to ping Guest, but not the otherway, and I think, it's because unless configuration host only the client ethernet adapter is not connected to the physical ethernet adapter of the host.

Should not be. Windows is concerned, host-only network is just like a physical NIC connected to a physical LAN. It's just that in this case, the cards are virtual and the LAN is separate from any other LAN. In short, your physical host as "two network cards", the physical on and the only host. The host only one is connected to a virtual switch. The only other thing connected to this virtual switch is NIC of the virtual machine

Host is able to ping Guest, but not the otherway, and I think, it's because unless configuration host only the client ethernet adapter is not connected to the physical ethernet adapter of the host.

As noted above, do not need to connect to the physical NETWORK card because the parameter invited only creates a LAN completely separated between the physical host and the virtual machine.

If there is procedure to this share windows works, please give me more details. A shared windows is all I need (without resorting to the NAT) to Exchange data between G & H.

At this point, traditional troubleshooting techniques can be used. If the comments can not PING host, host has disabled firewall? But if your goal is to share a file from the guest virtual machine, then PING the host comments is not essential. Simply the host can display the actions on the guest. (In fact, PING is not essential whatever it is, as long as you see the shares.) And you look at one/PINGing by name or IP address? If you do not need, just use the IP address to remove any DNS resolution problems.

Files saved to merge "Shared folder ' between host Mac OS and virtual Mac OS not opening not.»

Hello
If I save a file in the folder "Shared" my host Mac OS machine merging, I can open it only on my host machine, but not inside my virtual machine to Mac OS. In addition, it shows the incorrect file type in the virtual machine (just 'Document') not the actual file type.
The reverse is also true, if I record a 'Shared' file of Fusion of in my virtual machine, I can open it only on my virtual machine, but not inside the host machine. Again, it shows the incorrect file type in the real (just "Document") not the file type host machine.
The files must be for the most part very well, because they will open in their own environment of the shared folder, but the Mac OS in the Middle against a reason any won't open them. Suggestions?
Thank you
-Jeff

Solved... I just need to add 3-digit extensions of file names (for example, .jpg, .psd, etc.) that normally may not be needed in your own environment, but apparently are required when files are in a shared folder.

-Jeff

Strategy for sharing media between Mac and Windows Premiere Pro

I hope that I write in the right forum, it's here or in the hardware forum.
I'll take the plunge and get a pretty high-end PC to increase my aging Mac Pro for Premiere Pro CS 5.5 (and probably 6 CS as soon as the kinks are developed). Right now my online media resides on several trendy readers fast eSATA RAID 5, on my Mac Pro through some eSATA PCI cards. It works well and I have pretty good bandwidth of 200MBS to 250MBS using this method, I think enough speed for the type of media that I use in my changes, a combination of XDCAM EX, AVCHD, H.264 Canon with maybe 4-5 rivers both in Multicam edits.
Adding from my PC to the combination will complicate things. I want to be able to access the media on my eSATA drives, which are currently formatted for Mac, using filesystem HFS +. I heard that the Mac drive can make Windows well read this file system.
The issue is sharing this media on drives fast enough for both systems be able to modify / access simultaneously. I do not have Gigabit ethernet, but I don't think it would be pretty quickly, I think that practically it tops on about 70 MB/second. I probably need more speed.
Also the Mac can share than the SMB protocol, but does not seem to the current Mac OS 10.7 sharing SMB very well but I test it with Windows. I know for my various boxes of media player, it does not work very well, or at any time to access my Mac 10.7 system via SMB. In addition, SMB seems to be a very slow network protocol. I can share via AFP or NFS, and I think that NFS is the speed you need, do not know if Windows out of the box can cope with this Protocol.
I know there is such a thing as "fiber channel" and other mainly tech to create a fast network, the Mac can also network via Firewire, but I don't think it will be enough or fast. I guess I could see if it was faster than Gigabit ethernet protocol using Cat 6 or what is the last type of ethernet cable. I am doing a shortcut here and see if the large number of people did and what they think works best.
Thanks for all the tips here.
Kind regards
-Keith

I guess there are a lot of variables, but change us on a network using the SMB and Gigabit Ethernet and working with fairly similar media (XDCAM HD 422, XDCAM EX, AVCHD or H264) and it works fine. We have two servers sharing between 3 and 4 editing suites. I think that if you are just sharing between two machines, it should be sufficient.

Is it me? Fusion on Snow Leopard, Ubuntu 10.10: no network, none of the shared folders.

On my Macbook, I use VMWare Fusion course and installed Ubuntu 10.10, which worked pretty well. I'm not an expert in everything, I use Ubuntu only for very limited use and do not plan to make my standard OS, but in this case, I have no choice. For this work, I need to share files, copy and paste text and use the network.
But from the beginning, I have these problems:
#1: whenever I send the virtual machine to sleep and wake up more later he acknowledges no more network connection.
#2: I share a folder on my Mac OS but I can't see them in Ubuntu. To be exact, I can only see the public folders from Mac users, but not those that I added.
#3: copy / paste between Mac and Ubuntu does not work.
Then I looked through the menu and found that VMWare Tools are not installed, then I started the installation via the menu. The only result is that a CD of VMWare tools is downloaded and installed - and then nothing happens. There is a text "manifest.txt" file that contains version information and an archive that contains a Setup program. If I double-click on that one I am wondering with what application I want to open it. Very funny... I don't know how to use it.
Any suggestions for a beginner?

In the VmWare Fusion menu, I choose the folders that are on Mac and decide if he is reading only or read and write.

Looks like you use folders shared HGFS and involved getting up from different Windows and Linux handle this. In Linux, look under/mnt/hgfs to find the HGFS folder shared.

I just changed one in Mac OS shared, everyone is allowed to read and write. Now I can see the content from Ubuntu. But I certainly don't want to share with all the members of my network. This folder is NOT in the list of folders that are common between Mac and Ubuntu, it is shared over the network, but not through VMWare.

OS X folders behave differently from HGFS shared - folders they use different protocols and transport mechanisms.

Sharing problem between laptop XP Pro and XP Home PC network file

I have a PC with XP Home SP3 which I want to be able to access from my work XP Pro laptop. I used to be able to do this, however, in recent years, I had to replace my disk file or reload due to errors or mechanical failure. Whenever I had to do this, it seems that my ability to access shared folders on the PC has decreased. I used to be able to access all files on the PC, even the C drive. More recently, I could no longer access the shared C drive, but could still access a folder. However, after the disk file was last modified, I can now only have access to the shared printer.

More details - I can see all shared folders on the PC, but I can't open an any of them. I can ping the two systems together, by IP and hostname. My guest account is enabled. I tried to start the PC in safe mode and changing the permissions of the group. I tried disabling my firewall windows on the PC. None of these changes the errors I get. I am an administrator on both systems. NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on both systems. I had a 3rd party firewall (McAfee), installed as a trial, but the trial has failed and I uninstalled it. I have an XP Pro PC to work that I can access via this same laptop from work.

Errors are 1130 system error - not enough server storage is available to process this command, or '\\computername\resource is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the network resource.

Any ideas? I'm pulling my hair out here...

I wouldn't say that we set the other problem. If I net use x: \\computername\resource, I still get the "not enough server storage message" and it doesn't seem to matter what I increase the IRPStackSize value to. I ran the command net user as well, also without any change.

Any other ideas?

How can I block sharing folders on a virtual machine?

I have a virtual machine running Win7 and a WinXP running. I need to isolate the version of WinXP shared folders, because it is ruin an installation of Visual c++ + / Dark GDK.
I WANT the VM Win7 to share files with my Mac. I don't WANT the WinXP VM to share folders. How can I do this? If I disconnect the network in the Windows XP machine folder, when I restart it, it pops up again.
Can anyone help?

Well, you could just stop the sharing folders in the Virtual Machine settings.

Take a look at: sharing files between Windows and your Mac

Cannot save files in shared folders

Hello
I'm under VM Fusion on Leopard with a Windows XP Machine. I am able to browse and open files on the disk to my Mac using the shared folders drive. However when I come to save all the changes I get an error saying that the file could not be saved. I tried save the file locally and then copy the file across Explorer and I get an access denied error.
This turns out to be a good pain and am now having to resort using a USB drive to copy the files through the, which is quite tedious
Has anyone encountered this problem? I have now upgraded to the latest version of VM Fusion 2, but this has not yet resolved the problem
Any help would be welcome
See you soon
Giles

The shared folder is set to read only under the settings of Virtual Machines or read & write?

Sharing files between the Sierra of MacOS and Windows 10

I'm using a Mac that runs by the Sierra of the OS and a Windows 10 pc. I want to share my files between for theses on my WiFi network. But I don't know how to set up. Can someone please help me to move forward? Thanks in advance.

Greetings md firdaus,

Thank you for using communities of Apple Support. It seems you want to share files from your Mac on a Windows computer.
I recommend you to read this article, it may be able to help to implement the sharing between two computers.
macOS Sierra: set up a Mac to share files with Windows users

Take care.

Shared folders gone

I work with version 1.0.1 on Yosemite 10.10.5 Photos (Mac Pro Mid 2010, 2 x 3.33 GHz 6 - Core Intel Xeon, 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC)

Today, suddenly my files shared in the toolbar of left missing so that the complete 'shared' - option.

It happened when someone had added a photo to a shared folder. Photos icon shows a '1', indicating that the photo has been added. But I can't find shared folders more and do not know where to see the photo.

I am connected to iCloud and I there active streaming option as well as the photo of iCloud sharing option. I left pictures, shot these Photos options off and on again, restarted and it was the same thing.

On my iPhone, I can see the shared folder still exists. It ist just isn't on my Mac desktop.

Can someone help me out here? Thanks in advance!

Do you hear, to the title of the 'Shared' section is also absent from the sidebar? If you still see the 'Shared' title, move the pointer to the right reveal hidden ShowHide control. and click on 'display '.

If even the title is missing, check if your current photo library will continue to operate as a Photo library system. In the Photos > preferences > shared "Use as system library" option should be greyed out.

Check your system preferences > iCloud > Photos > Options, if iCloud photo sharing is still.

Check your Photos > preferences > iCloud, if iCloud photo sharing is still.

The owner of the shared album may have deleted the album. Then it vanish inyour library too.

Make XP P2P shared folders

I have two computers on a network using the P2P architecture. I created shared folders on both computers. Why only administrators can access the two shared folders on XP?

Users generally are able to see one way the two will not both.

Hi AnnPThompson,

I would have you look at this article that has more information on Peer-to-Peer network environment. Please go through the documentation and see if it answers some of your questions.

In addition, for more information, take a look at this.

Thank you!

Does not access my shared folders on the computer windows 7 from my xp pro laptop

I have an operating system windows 7 on my main pc and xp pro on my laptop. When I try to access the files on my main pc (windows 7) from my xp pro laptop wonder a user name and password. Yet when I do it the other way round I have full access to any password ect. I have set no password and tried my home group password but not yet all joy. I have 2 other laptops, both running windows 7 and no network problem between all windows systems 7. all computers are running norton firewall and are configered the same.

Would love a fix that makes me NUTS!

Problems sharing files between computers on a network are usually caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall or a firewall neglected (including a dynamic firewall in a virtual private network); or (2) inadvertently run two firewalls such as the firewall of Windows and a third-party firewall. and/or (3) do not have accounts to the same users and passwords on all computers in the workgroup. (4) tries to create actions where the operating system does not.

In Windows 7, go to control panel > everything in Control Panel > network and sharing Center. Click on "change the advanced sharing settings. You do not use the homegroup unless you have all Windows 7 machines . Windows 7 network type should be 'Home' or 'Work', not 'public '. In sharing advanced:

Discovery of plug in the network
Open the files and printers sharing
Turn on the sharing section Public folder sharing
Plug the password protected sharing

A. configure the firewall on all machines to allow traffic to local area network (LAN) as being approved. With the Windows Firewall, turning on window file sharing and printer as the above will take care of that for you. In XP, you can run the Network Setup Wizard or just enable file sharing / print in the Windows XP firewall exceptions. If you are not running a third-party firewall or you have an antivirus/security with its own firewall component program, then you're fine. With a third-party firewall, I usually set up the allocation of LAN with an IP address range. E.g. would be 192.168.1.0 - 192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet. Refer to the safety of any third party program or the user forums for how to correctly configure its firewall. Do not run more than one firewall. DON'T STOP FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY.

(B) to facilitate the Organization, put all computers in the same workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control Panel, the computer name tab.

C. create the counterpart of the user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and assigned to each user account passwords can be different; accounts/passwords just need to exist and to match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY OF SIMPLE. If you want a machine to boot directly to the desktop (a particular user account) for convenience, you can do this:

Start > Search box > type: netplwiz [Enter]
Click continue (or provide an administrator password) when you are prompted by UAC

Uncheck "users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Select a user account to connect automatically by clicking on the account you want to highlight and press OK. Enter the password for this user account (when it exists) when you are prompted. Leave blank if there is no password (null).

XP - set up Windows to automatically connect (MVP Ramesh) -http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

D. Si one or more of the computers on your network are XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple file sharing (Folder Options > view tab).

E. create share as you wish. In Windows 7 I usually share the Desktop of the user and the Public directory.

F. you have the job of file sharing (and tested by exchanging a file between machines), if you want to share a printer connected locally to one of your computers, share of this machine. Then go to the printer mftr Web site. and download the latest drivers for the correct system. Install them on the target machines. The printer must be collected during the installation procedure. If this isn't the case, install the drivers and then use the Add Printer Wizard. In some cases, printers must be installed as local printers, but that is beyond the scope of this answer.

http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/15247/complete-guide-to-networking-Windows-7-with-XP-and-Vista/
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