Services for Macintosh
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Even though the Windows 2000 file system differs from that of the Macintosh file system, both Windows 2000 clients and Macintosh clients can use the files that are stored on the Windows 2000–based server. Services for Macintosh works in the background to make this possible. For both Macintosh and Windows 2000 users, files appear as they usually do. A Windows 2000 user sees files located in a directory tree structure. A Macintosh user sees files located in a Macintosh folder structure. The files on a Windows 2000–based server that is running Services for Macintosh are stored in shared directories or in Macintosh volumes, which are Macintosh file storage units. If a Macintosh volume is shared out, it is not seen by the Windows 2000 client. Each server can have one or more shared directories. Each shared directory on a server is assigned a unique name, called a share.
Macintosh users cannot gain access automatically to all shared folders by using Services for Macintosh. Only Macintosh users have access to folders that are designated by the administrator as "Macintosh-accessible volumes."
Within a folder that is both a share and a Macintosh-accessible volume, networked Windows 2000 users see folders and files that are stored on the server's hard disk. To Macintosh users, the volume appears to contain Macintosh files and folders. When Macintosh users browse through the list of files that are available on the server, they see icons that represent each file and folder.
Macintosh files and folders can have Macintosh file names, including long names and names containing spaces and other characters. They are not limited to the 8.3 naming convention of the file allocation table (FAT) file system used with the Microsoft®