Sharing files on OS X with ACL

A problem with the /Users/Shared folder in OS X is that it is only shared read-only. You can add write access to all items in the shared folder, but when a new user adds files, it will be read only by the others. With Tiger and ACL you can now setup a both read and write shared folder, which inherits write access to all files automaticly. Here is how;

First you need to enable ACL on your root file system:

sudo /usr/sbin/fsaclctl -p / -e

Then enable inheritable write access to the Shared folder:

sudo chmod -R +a
"admin allow delete,chown,list,search,add_file,add_subdirectory,delete_child,file_inherit,directory_inherit" /Users/Shared