Unable to see ~/Users/Shared via network -- permissions problem?

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Hi,

I have a strange problem with ~/Users/Shared which I suspect is a permissions problem but which I cannot seem to solve with my admittedly limited Unix skills. I hope someone can help.

I can view & edit ~/Users/Shared directly on my iMac without problems. The issue is with networking. Until recently, I could navigate to the same directory from my MacBook Pro over my home network in Finder by successively clicking through iMac HD -> Users -> Shared, but now I cannot see 'Shared' when I click into iMac HD/Users.

The odd thing is, I can still mount iMac HD/Users/Shared directly from Finder by selecting as a shared resource (it is shared from the iMac), but if I mount iMac HD/Users, I can't see 'Shared'! Unfortunately, I need to mount it via iMac HD rather than directly for one of my programs to work correctly.

I have tried repairing permissions, and I have recursively set permissions on 'Shared' and its contents to allow everyone to read, write & execute, but none of this makes any difference.

Here are the permissions for iMac HD/Users/Shared & its contents:

iMac-2:/ Greg$ ls -ale /users/shared
total 632
drwxrwxrwt@ 13 root wheel 442 8 Feb 13:49 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root admin 204 20 Jan 18:53 ..
-rw-rw-rw-@ 1 Greg wheel 12292 2 Mar 18:48 .DS_Store
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0 6 Jan 10:52 .com.apple.timemachine.supported
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 24 Sep 2007 .localized
drwxrwxrwx+ 4 Greg wheel 136 17 Nov 2007 Canon
0: user:Greg allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity
drwxrwxrwx@ 12 Greg wheel 408 10 Feb 12:01 Documents
0: user:Greg allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity
drwxrwxrwx@ 18 Greg wheel 612 4 Mar 23:32 Downloads
0: user:Greg allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity
-rw-rw-rw-@ 1 Greg wheel 0 4 Nov 2007 Icon?
drwxrwxrwx@ 14 Greg wheel 476 4 Mar 23:59 Movies
0: user:Greg allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity
drwxrwxrwx@ 274 Greg wheel 9316 3 Feb 20:04 Music
0: user:Greg allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity
drwxrwxrwx@ 20 Greg wheel 680 21 Feb 20:24 Pictures
0: user:Greg allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity
drwxrwxrwx@ 2 Greg wheel 68 2 Mar 16:38 SC Info
0: user:Greg allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity

Thanks in advance.

Greg
 

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