From alexkusu:
Originally posted by alexkusu:
[b]Networking
Windows (2000/XP/2003*) with Mac OS X
(10.3/10.4)
Information you will need to know:
The IP Address of your PC (Start > Run > CMD {return} >
ipconfig {return})
The IP Address of your Mac (Applications > Utilities >
Terminal {Run app} > for ethernet connection ipconfig getifaddr
en0 {return} or for wireless "ipconfig getifaddr en1"
{return})
The workgroup the PC is in (Right click on My Computer, select
Properties, and select the Computer Name tab)
System Configuration
It is important that the account you log in with on your XP system
has a password set, if it does not you will not be able to login to
your Windows share from OS X.
You need to put your Mac in the same workgroup as your Windows PC.
To do this open Directory Access (Applications > Utilities
> Directory Access). Click on the padlock in the bottom left
corner to make changes; you will be prompted for your password. If
SMB is not ticked off, then tick it off. Select SMB and hit the
Configure
button. Now enter the name of your Windows workgroup.
In my case the name is AD.
Setting up the PC to share files
You need to create and share a folder on your PC that you will then
access from your Mac.
To do this create a folder (or select and existing one) right click
on it from Windows Explorer and select Properties. Select the
Sharing tab and share out the folder. Id recommend you use a one
word name for the share. For example mac, not Apple Mac Share,
it just narrows the risk of complications.
Setting up the Mac to share files
Open System Preferences (Applications > System Preferences).
Go to Sharing under Internet & Network, and tick off
Windows Sharing, and if it doesnt start by itself, click
Start. This will share out your entire home folder.
If You're running Tiger (10.4), you will also need to click the
"Accounts" button and tick off the box next to your account name so
that OS X knows to share out your particular home folder.
Accessing your Mac from your PC
Click Start > Run and enter \\192.168.1.2\edesignuk,
replacing the IP address with the IP address of your Mac, and
edesignuk with the short user name of your account in OS X. When
asked to authenticate enter your Mac accounts short user name and
password. All being well you should now be able to see you entire
home folder on your OS X system. You can also map this share like
you would any other Windows network share so that it is accessible
from a drive letter.
Accessing your PC from your Mac
To mount a Windows share on your Mac, click on your desktop so that
Finder is the active application, from the Finder menu go to Go
> Connect to Server. In the Server Address field enter
smb://192.168.1.3/mac, replacing the IP address with the IP
address of your PC, and mac with the name of the Windows share
you created earlier.
When asked to authenticate enter the name of your PC in
Workgroup/Domain (Unless your PC is part of a domain and your PC
account is held on a domain controller, in which case enter the
domain that you normally log on to Windows with). For Username
and Password enter the username and password which you use to log
on to your Windows machine with. Click ok and your shared folder
should be mounted as a network drive on your desktop.
*Windows Server 2003 Authentication
By deafult Windows Server 2003 will try to encrypt everything sent
to and from it. With this enabled you will not be able to log in to
the share from your Mac.
To fix this there are a couple of options.
Case 1, your server is nothing more than a regular file server. In
this case open up regedit (Start > Run > "regedit" {return}),
and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \
Services \ LanManServer \ Parameter \ RequireSecuritySignature, and
set it's value to "0".
Case 2, your server is also a Domain Controller. In which case you
need to open the DC's Security Policy (Administrative Tools >
Domain Controller Security Policy). Navigate to Local Policies >
Secuiry Options, and disable "Microsoft network server: Digitally
sign communications (always)" & "Microsoft network server:
Digitally sign communications (if client agrees)". Reboot your
sever, and you should be good to go.
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