To Grant Access to Shared Resources

1. Start Explorer.

2. In the Explorer folders pane, select the folder that contains the files you want to share, or select a device such as your CD-ROM drive.

3. Right-click and then click Properties in the pop-up menu.

4. On the NFS Sharing tab, select Shared As.

5. (Optional) Replace the name of the folder or the device with a new name.

6. (Optional) Specify the access type.

   • Click Full if you want to grant read, write, execute, and delete rights.

   • Click Read Only to limit the access to reading.

7. (Optional) Specify which access restrictions apply.

   • Click Unrestricted if you want to allow all network hosts to access the shared folder or device with the type of access specified in step 6.

   • Click Restricted and then click the Access List button to limit access to specific hosts.

8. Complete the Access List dialog box as follows:

   • Enter the name of the host whose users may access the shared folder or device, or select it from the list of host names.

   • Click Add. The host name appears in the Clients Granted Access field.

9. Repeat the previous step for additional systems.

10. When you are finished, click OK to return to the Properties sheet.

11. Click OK.

    Users on the selected systems gain immediate access to the shared resources.