Panther trying to connect to Win2003 server share

[Gui]

Hello All,

I'm trying to connect to a shared file on one of our Win2003 Server but get
different errors depending on how I attempt to connect.
When I go to:
GO - Connect to server - Browse - select the server name click on connect, I
get prompted for name and password (I use the AD admin password credentials
here) click "ok"
I get this error
" The alias "servername" could not be opened because the original item
cannot be found"

When I go to:
GO - Connect to server - and enter the smb/cifs path I get promted for
authentication credentials again, I click "ok"
and I get the following error:
"Could not connect to the server because the name or password is not
correct"

I kinda confused by the different error msgs

I don't think this is a DNS issue b/c I can ping the server from the mac
terminal and it sees the server with the IP address AND the AD fully
qualified Domain Name.

On another note this same Mac terminal CAN connect to other windows shares
on a Win2000 Server

any/all help is appreciated...

Thanks
Brian

 

[Jim Seifert [MSFT]]

If this is a domain controller it is configured by default to only allow
digitally signed communications. This KB explains the security implications
and how to change this setting:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811497. This change
is not needed if you wish to use afp connections and Services for Macintosh
instead of smb.

 

[Gui]

Hey Jim,

It's not a DC and I have other downlevel Mac (10.2.8) clients hitting the
share sucessfully.
Is there a difference between the 10.2.8 and 10.3.5 regarding this issue?

 

[Marimuthu [msft]]

Hi,

Go to computer management -->right click on shared folder and clik the
configure file services for macintosh and change the Enbable authentication
type to Apple clear text or Microsoft only, then try to connect the share
again from the mac machine.

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Regards,
Marimuthu.P

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