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Greg,

The office has some employees (I will call them the "Admins" group) who need access to a shared volume /folder.  But other employees (I will call them the "Others" group) are not allowed to see the shared item when they choose "Connect to Server" and they certainly are not allowed to browse or alter the contents.  In 10.6 Server, these groups worked fine -- Admins had read/write access to all files and folders that were designated specifically for their eyes only.  Most importantly, Admins could open and alter files, regardless of the original file owner.  And the Others had zero access.

Upon upgrading to 10.9 Server, these access permissions went to hell.  Now, Admins cannot open each other's files; they are alerted the file is in use and/or locked and/or they have no permission to save the altered file with the same name in the same location.

For me to choose "Ignore Ownership" on a volume or a folder on the Server will not be an option, due to the conditions described above.

thanks anyway!

Zsolt,

Thanks for the reply.  The conditions you put forth will not be possible.  There are up to a dozen users of the shared volume at any one time.  Constant file use by multiple employees all day long.

Unless I find some other product that will allow what I'm looking for, I'm faced with having to reinstall a completely fresh OS and Server.app in the desperate hope that things will actually work as advertised.  Sure wish Apple made better software...

I'd like to know if I can set Espionage3 up on a 10.9 / Mavericks Apple File Server so that data stored in a password-protected folder can be accessed by multiple users / clients on the LAN.  For example, Client A mounts the Server, opens the Espionage3-protected folder on the mounted volume, creates a file, saves that file in in the Espionage3-protected folder, and then closes the file.  Client B then mounts the local server, opens the same Espionage3-protected folder, and then opens Client A's file.  Client B makes changes to this file and saves / updates it.

I know -- Server.app is supposed to allow for me (the Admin) to create groups and place users in those groups so that they will have privileged access to certain volumes, folders, and files.  Well, that was working just fine with 10.6 Server.  But 10.9 Server has ruined these access permissions / privileges.  Clients are alerted they cannot alter / update files created by other users.  I've been round and round with tech support with no fix.  I would rather not reinstall 10.9 or 10.10 from scratch (huge project), so I'm searching for alternatives.

Will Espionage3 allow me to do what I've described above?  If not, do you have suggestions?

thanks!