nastyhome Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Hi all, Quick one: How do I allow\restrict access to partitions, folders to different users? (ie: admin gets full access to all folders and partitions, while a user will get some access to some folders and partitions)... Note: These partitions are mounted NTFS partitions. Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastyhome Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSkywalker Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Look at the accounts preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastyhome Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Yeah i have,.... but it only restricts only applications.. I'm tlaking about files and directories or even partitions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imrazor Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Note: These partitions are mounted NTFS partitions. Are you worried about users reading something they shouldn't or writing over some file? If you're worried about them overwriting or deleting something, don't worry. NTFS volumes are mounted read-only, so no changes can be made to them. If you're worried about someone reading something they shouldn't, then as far as I know there's nothing you can do. Mac OS X automounts just about anything, including CDs, DVDs, iPods, and, yes, NTFS partitions. If we were talking about Linux, I'd advise you to edit the /etc/fstab file and allow only one user/group access to the partition. However, that file doesn't exist on Mac OS X. Anyone know if/where MacOS X has a filesystem table? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastyhome Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Are you worried about users reading something they shouldn't or writing over some file? If you're worried about them overwriting or deleting something, don't worry. NTFS volumes are mounted read-only, so no changes can be made to them. If you're worried about someone reading something they shouldn't, then as far as I know there's nothing you can do. Mac OS X automounts just about anything, including CDs, DVDs, iPods, and, yes, NTFS partitions. If we were talking about Linux, I'd advise you to edit the /etc/fstab file and allow only one user/group access to the partition. However, that file doesn't exist on Mac OS X. Anyone know if/where MacOS X has a filesystem table? If you want me to say p0rn - then say so! Yes, i do understand NTFS is read-only. But what if I had FAT32 partitions for that matter. Or I have one folder for one particular user to view but dont allow access to another user... It could personal pictures, private chat logs, business documents and oh yes....p0rn I think in an enterprise environment, how do we manage file permissions with Mac OS X? 1. The point of this excercise is I just want to allow\restrict access to files\folders\partitions. And I havent gone anywhere with this. 2. Does the Server edition contain tools to manage this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastyhome Posted October 20, 2006 Author Share Posted October 20, 2006 bump anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastyhome Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 Or does anyone at least know how to hide a partition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 ACL - Access Control Lists Sets permissions to files, directories and mount points (partitions) http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/8 http://maczealots.com/articles/acl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastyhome Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Good stuff... I read them both and yet to play with it... Might even download OS X Server to have a GUI to do this, rather than the tedious command line... "The only requirement that Apple makes — besides Tiger, of course — is that the volume be formatted as HFS+. Since ACEs are stored in extended attributes (see “Stored in Metadata” above) Apple needs an HFS+-formatted drive to store the entries" Permissions will only work for HFS+ partitions... How about NTFS partitions? Does anyone know how to hide a partition? I want t be able to hide a NTFS partition from Mac OS X...from specific user... Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastyhome Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 bump Anyone know how to hide partitions from Mac OSX? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Create a file called rc.local in the /etc directory: sudo nano /etc/rc.local Put the following in the file: my_user=`whoami` <-- note the back quotes: ` not ' if [ $my_user = "bob" ]; then diskutil unmount disk0s1 diskutil unmount disk0s2 fi if [ $my_user = "fred" ]; then diskutil unmount disk1s3 fi Be sure to set permissions: sudo chown root:wheel /etc/rc.local sudo chmod 755 /etc/rc.local In the file above, "disk0s1", "disk0s2", "disk1s3" are partitions you want to hide. "disk0" is the first disk drive, "disk1" is 2nd disk drive, etc. "s1" is the first partition on the drive, "s2" is the 2nd partition, etc. And "bob" and "fred" are the usernames of the users. Adjust your file as necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastyhome Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 Wow. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastyhome Posted October 28, 2006 Author Share Posted October 28, 2006 The script doesnt quite work. In fact, I dont even know if it works. Sometimes my first harddrive, disk0s1 is mounted... Sometimes my second harddrive, disk1s1 is mounted... Sometimes both are mounted... Does it need some sudo command or something else? Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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