Mavericks Server Admin: Set folder access permissions
Set standard permissions
- Select your server in the sidebar, then click Storage.
- Select the folder whose access permissions you want to change, and then choose “Edit Permissions” from the Action pop-up menu (looks like a gear).
- To grant access to a different user, double-click the current user name and enter a different user account name.
As you type, the Server app looks up matching user accounts and displays them in a list. Clicking a listed user grants access permissions to that user.
- To grant access to a different group, double-click the current group name and type the name of the new group.
As you type, the Server app looks up matching group accounts and displays them in a list. Clicking a listed group grants access permissions to it.
- To change the permission level for the user, group, or others, click the current setting in the Permission column and choose a setting from the pop-up menu.
The permission level you set for Others applies to any user who logs in but isn’t the specified user or a member of the specified group.
Set ACL permissions
Each entry applies to a specific user or group. For each entry, you can set 12 permissions, giving you much finer control over access than you have with standard permissions. For example, entries in an ACL can grant write permission separately from delete permission, so a user can edit a file but can’t delete it.
The first entry in the list takes precedence over the second, which takes precedence over the third, and so on. For example, if the first entry denies a user the right to edit a file, other entries that allow the same user editing permissions are ignored. The entries in the ACL also take precedence over standard permissions.
- Select your server in the sidebar, then click Storage.
- Select the folder or file whose access permissions you want to change, and then choose Edit Permissions from the Action pop-up menu (looks like a gear).
- To add an entry, click Add (+), and then enter the name of the user or group you want to set specific access permissions for.
As you type, the Server app looks up matching user and group accounts and displays them in a list. Clicking a user or group grants access permissions to the user or group.
- To change the permission level for an entry, click the current setting in the Permission column and choose a setting from the pop-up menu.
Choice Description Full Control
Has full administration, read, write, and inheritance permissions.
Read & Write
Has full read, write, and inheritance permissions.
Read
Has full read and inheritance permissions.
Write
Has full write and inheritance permissions.
Custom
Doesn’t have full administration, read, write, or inheritance permissions.
By default, each new entry has full read and inheritance permissions.
- To change detailed permission settings for an entry, click the disclosure triangle next to the entry, optionally click the additional disclosure triangles that appear, and select or deselect permission settings.
For information about the detailed permission settings, see these help topics: Access control lists (ACLs) and Access control entries (ACEs).