Connecting Mac to Windows 2003 Server

I am currently having trouble connecting my Mac to a Windows 2003 Small
Business Server. The Mac is running OSX and will not connect because
it refuses the username/password which I know to be correct as I
successfully enter it on Windows machines. I have installed the
AppleTalk protocol on the server as well as File services for Mac which
still soesn't work. I also set the group policy "Send unencrypted
passwords to third-party SMB servers" to enable which still didn't
work.

Does anyone know of anything which could solve this ?

Many thanks in advance

Is your domain name in the format domain.local. If so, Macs can have a
problem finding things with .local rather than a .com or .net.

For more information see:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107800

Also check out:

http://www.macwindows.com/ADinstruct.html

Todd Varriano

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>I am currently having trouble connecting my Mac to a Windows 2003 Small
> Business Server. The Mac is running OSX and will not connect because
> it refuses the username/password which I know to be correct as I
> successfully enter it on Windows machines. I have installed the
> AppleTalk protocol on the server as well as File services for Mac which
> still soesn't work. I also set the group policy "Send unencrypted
> passwords to third-party SMB servers" to enable which still didn't
> work.
>
> Does anyone know of anything which could solve this ?
>
> Many thanks in advance
>

you can ensure that your File Services for Macintosh is set to do Apple Clear
Text authentication... do this through Computer Management GUI, right-click
on 'Shared Folders'. I just dealt with a case like this today.
Good luck-

"Todd Varriano" wrote:

> Is your domain name in the format domain.local. If so, Macs can have a
> problem finding things with .local rather than a .com or .net.
>
> For more information see:
>
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107800
>
> Also check out:
>
> http://www.macwindows.com/ADinstruct.html
>
> Todd Varriano
>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
> >I am currently having trouble connecting my Mac to a Windows 2003 Small
> > Business Server. The Mac is running OSX and will not connect because
> > it refuses the username/password which I know to be correct as I
> > successfully enter it on Windows machines. I have installed the
> > AppleTalk protocol on the server as well as File services for Mac which
> > still soesn't work. I also set the group policy "Send unencrypted
> > passwords to third-party SMB servers" to enable which still didn't
> > work.
> >
> > Does anyone know of anything which could solve this ?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance
> >
>
>
>