While perusing Mac OS X Hints yesterday, I discovered a handy utility called SharePoints. To quote the web site:
" SharePoints is an application or a preference pane that makes it easy to add and delete share points like in the old Finder."
Basically it allows you to create share points outside of your public folder, without having to fool with NetInfo Manager. I used it to share the 13+ GB of MP3s in my iTunes Music Library.