session Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Ok there we have a Mac OS X Server 10.3.3 and Windows Server 2003 (Ent, a router, a ethenet network and i can see the PC machine appearing in Network on the mac but when I tried to open it, it says "The alies [the cpc name] cannot be open because the original item cannot be found." and yes, i googled and turned on file sharing on Windows. did I forget to do something? what sexactly should i do? :s thanks for any assitance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macman87 Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 i have the same problem, but when i want to connect my pc i use "connect to server" and then type in smb://[computer name]/[volume name] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 i got data cannot be read or witten when using smb command :/ well hold on im not sure if i have the correct setting for both pc and mac (actually i didn't change any settings on the mac os x server but i did enabled sharing function (right click-sharing-share this folder) on pc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macman87 Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 well, u will no when its working when a window comes up tell u to put in ur name (pc) and password (Pc) EDIT : oh also, make sure u share the volume on ur pc.. like as in the whole hdd... it seems to work that way for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 hmmm how to get it working tho :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 hmmm i managed to get it work... but now got trouble when trying to share printers :s can someone please help :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
session Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 btw, there's no printer share checkbox in sharing in system preference in my mac os x server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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