plist file in /Users/TechnoPhil/Library/Preferences? So Mac os saves the sharing folder settings in a. Using Textedit.app is a common way to corrupt Unix-layer files, too. Using many of the GUI-facing editors and saving out RTF files and other such (and text files can be encoded in many different ways) can lead to configuration file corruptions and problems with tools or even with booting the operating system. Textwrangler and its text-mode capabilities, or at If you're just getting going with a shell text editor, then you'll probably want to useĮmacs or (if you prefer a GUI editor) have a look at I'd create a copy first, particularly if you don't have a full backup of your disk. There are various discussions of this around, including. (Carrying over Linux norms for directly accessing configuration files can sometimes lead to operational problems, too. Issue +man serveradmin+ for details.Īs for technical resources, the File Server Administration, Introduction to the Command Line manuals are in the, and will provide details on the typical Apple approach. Serveradmin and Server Admin GUI tools through an errant edit.

And using the provides tools is an approach which avoids derailing the command-line Off the top, I don't recall the details of the plists the Server Admin settings it's typical to use the command-line (This is implemented such that going after /etc directly does work correctly.) Mac has /etc linked over into /private, as you'll discover. If you're not sure where a file is located, theįind command is typical, or you can use Spotlight from the command line:

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