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4. Enter the requested user information and click Done:
For this type of user
Windows/Mac OS X
user (CIFS)
Linux/other Mac user
(NFS)
The specified user name and type displays in the list on the Users &
Computers page.
5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 until you have added all the users that you want to
add at this time. (You can always add more users later.)
If you'd like to put Windows/Mac OS X users into groups, refer to
groups."
Do this
Enter the user name and password for accessing the shared
folders. (You must enter the password a second time to confirm it.)
The user name can be up to 20 characters long and can include
letters and numbers. It cannot begin with a period, contain
spaces or a double period, or contain the following characters:
/ \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < > @ " ' # ~ ` % $
The password can be up to 24 characters long.
Note: If the user name and password that you specify here are
the same as the person's Windows user name and password,
the person will not be prompted to provide a user name and
password when accessing the shared folder.
Enter a computer description and the IP address or computer
name of the person's computer.
The Computer description can be the name of the person
who typically uses the computer, or any other description that
you want to provide to identify the computer in the Users list.
This description can be up to 15 characters long. It cannot
contain the following characters: / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < > @ " '
The IP address or computer name is the IP address or the
actual computer name in the computer's system configuration.
The computer name cannot contain spaces or the following
characters: /\ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < > @ "
Note: You can create a single user that actually represents
multiple computers. In the IP address or computer name text
box, you can use the wildcard characters * and ? to indicate a
range of names. For example, client* or client? would
include all computers in the subnet whose name begins with
client. *.company.com would include all computers in the
domain company.com. However, these wildcards cannot be
used with IP addresses.
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