[X4U] problems setting up Windows Sharing

[Dominic Ibarra]

I would agree with Richard that you will have more success sharing a 
Windows directory and mounting that on your mac. You can then use a 
simple SMB protocol to mount the share.

I do use Windows sharing on occasion and it actually works OK. The 
major problem being the same problem with OSX as a whole, that you 
cannot choose the directory to share like you can in the evil world of 
windows. A Windows Share on your Mac will share out your entire Home 
directory. Browsing does not always work, but the path is \\<Mac name 
or IP>\<user short name>. So a sample would be \\Mac5\chucky or 
\\192.168.0.121\chucky. IP is probably the best way to go, but make 
sure to use your User's short name.

I hope this helps.

dominic


On Dec 3, 2004, at 8:54 AM, Richard Gilmore wrote:

> You're likely to have more success accessing the PC from the Mac than 
> the
> other way around,  I think "Windows Sharing" just means being able to 
> access
> a Windows volume from the Mac. I work in a mixed PC/Mac environment 
> and I've
> not seen it work the other way around, but having said that I'll have 
> to
> give it a try. You'll need the IP number of the PC to access it from 
> OSX
> from under the GO menu in the form: smb://(insert IP address)
>
> AFP: Apple File Protocol is what we use to access a Mac from another 
> Mac the
> address looks like: afp://(IP number) I don't think PCs understand this
> protocol at all but I'll have to check to make sure. Check the Apple 
> website
> for more detail.
>
> Is the file sharing setup properly on the PC? This needs to be correct 
> for
> the Mac to access it. Is there a server on the system? If so setting 
> up  a
> shared volume there might be the easiest way for both parties to share
> files.
>
> Richard
>
>>
>> I can't get Windows Sharing working properly (first time I try).
>>
>> The checkbox for "Windows Sharing" in Sharing is checked, and there's 
>> a
>> Public folder in the Home of user foo. There's a label when you select
>> Windows Sharing that says that the computer will be accessible to
>> Windows users as \\computer.name\foo. The firewall is off in all the
>> services.
>>
>> Nevertheless, when we try that address from the XP of a coworker
>> (computers connected through the company's LAN) an authentication
>> dialog shows up and I can't even log in with the very user foo. Is the
>> expected usage not to have an authentication dialog at all?
>>
>> Searching the web I founded screenshots of Jaguar with a checkbox
>> "Allow this user to log in from Windows" in the user profile panel, 
>> but
>> I can't find it in Panther.
>>
>> Anyone got it working? Any hint?
>>
>> -- fxn
>
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