SMB Browsing in Tiger

MoparShaha · 09-17-05, 06:54 PM

Hello fellow Mac users. I want to share a tip I just learned. I used to have an X30 back when I was using OS X 10.3 Panther. Browsing my Mac via Resco Explorer worked perfectly. I took a hiatus from PPC for a few months, and now I'm back with an X50v and OS X 10.4 Tiger.

I noticed I'd get a connecting error anytime I tried to access my Mac from Resco. It would have no problem with my XP computer on the same network. I finally figured out the default SMB settings were changed in Tiger, and this was the cause of my problems.

You need to go edit the smb.conf file in the /etc directory. Change the value of "use spnego = yes" to "no". Now you can browse your Mac from your handheld.

klaatu1951 · 09-20-05, 09:27 PM

hi

I have 10.4.2 and an Axim x50V with Resco Explorer 2005, but cannot seem to mount successfully. I always get 'no computers found' or resource not found or not authorized. I can ping my mac successfully from Axim. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Eric

bertlmike · 09-21-05, 05:05 AM

Originally Posted by MoparShaha

You need to go edit the smb.conf file in the /etc directory. Change the value of "use spnego = yes" to "no". Now you can browse your Mac from your handheld.

Wow! What an awesome piece of advice. Finally filesharing is working again.

Thanks a million!

- Michael

ant1832 · 10-15-05, 11:32 AM

I tried this and still can't get it to work. I still get a message to contact my system admistrator. Any ideas?

ant1832 · 10-19-05, 12:09 PM

WOW i tried it again today and I can finally browse my mac files.

magnolia · 10-19-05, 10:24 PM

YOU ARE A FREAKIN' GENIUS!!!!! Thank you!

I couldn't figure this one out for the life of me! Now I can quit copying all my .cab files to my webserver...