problem accesing a shared folder in a MAC from Vista

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

My wife has a MAC notebook and when I tried yesterday to access a shared
folder I was presented with the login dialog, I put the correct
username/password but Vista kept saying it was incorrect (apparentely it
include the name of my PC in from of the username I was using)

I know the username/password is correct cause when I tried the same from a
VPC I have running in my Vista machine I had no problem accesing the shared
folder in MAC.

Can anybody clarify why Vista is incapable of doing something as simple as
accessing a shared folder in a remote computer?
And of course, how to solve it

Thank in advance,
Ignacio

 

[Malke]

Hi,

My wife has a MAC notebook and when I tried yesterday to access a shared
folder I was presented with the login dialog, I put the correct
username/password but Vista kept saying it was incorrect (apparentely it
include the name of my PC in from of the username I was using)

I know the username/password is correct cause when I tried the same from a
VPC I have running in my Vista machine I had no problem accesing the shared
folder in MAC.

Can anybody clarify why Vista is incapable of doing something as simple as
accessing a shared folder in a remote computer?
And of course, how to solve it

I assume that you have set up Windows sharing correctly on the Mac. If
not, you need to do this.

To enable Windows Vista to connect to Mac OS X with Windows File Sharing
enabled, you will need to change the following policy in Windows Vista:

Start>Run>secpol.msc [enter]

Click on "Local Policies" --> "Security Options"

Navigate to the policy "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication
level" and double-click it to get its Properties. By default Windows
Vista sets the policy to "NTVLM2 responses only". Use the drop-down
arrow to change this to "LM and NTLM – use NTLMV2 session security if
negotiated".

In Vista Home Premium, you won't have this tool so per Steve Winograd, do:

1. Run the registry editor and open this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

1. If it doesn't already exist, create a DWORD value named
LmCompatibilityLevel

3. Set the value to 1

4. Reboot

Don't forget to create identical user accounts/passwords on both machines.


Malke