OS X Leopard As A Server - HELP

[IMcD23]

I made an earlier thread about putting a file sharing server system on an iBook G4. I was advised to just put on Leopard and enable file sharing. I did and it is working for afp, but when I enable SMB, it does not ask for a password when connecting from a PC. I tried it with both vista and xp, the guest account is disabled. what is wrong?

 

[tersono]

In the file sharing prefpane, click options, check 'share files and folders using SMB' and then check the local accounts that you want to have access.

 

[yellow]

And don't forget, you're limited to 10 concurrent connections.

 

[IMcD23]

In the file sharing prefpane, click options, check 'share files and folders using SMB' and then check the local accounts that you want to have access.

I already did, that doesn't fix it.

 

[yellow]

Is your Windows login username & password the same as it is on the Mac?
If so, then Windows automatically substitutes this information when making an SMB connection. You'll only get a pop-up if the username/password are wrong.

 

[IMcD23]

Is your Windows login username & password the same as it is on the Mac?
If so, then Windows automatically substitutes this information when making an SMB connection. You'll only get a pop-up if the username/password are wrong.

No, they are not, the problem is that it doesn't ask me for a password when i log in on the windows computer. It just shows me all the shared folders but they are all read only, i need permissions to edit them. There is no where to log in.

 

[yellow]

This sounds suspiciously like you're connecting to the Windows PC from your Mac? Maybe we need some clarification here... please be as specific as possible.

 

[jeremy.king]

No, they are not, the problem is that it doesn't ask me for a password when i log in on the windows computer. It just shows me all the shared folders but they are all read only, i need permissions to edit them. There is no where to log in.

from File Explorer in XP.

Tools > Map Network Drive

Use any drive letter you want (I use M: for Mac ) and for folder name use \\<mac ip address>\<sharename>

Click the Connect using a different user name link and enter your OS X username and password

Click Ok, then click Finish

 

[AENAON]

Great post kingjr3, I always wondered where the "connect as.." equivalent is in windows