Help - Snow Leopard can't access Tiger network folders

[ngcomputing]

I have Snow Leopard (currently 10.6.1) running on my macbook and I have Tiger 10.4.11 running on a mac mini with a firewire drive attached mounted as DATA. On the mini, I set the permissions for read/write access and have personal file sharing turned on.

When I use finder on Snow Leopard I can log in and see the shared drive located on the mini. However, when I try to open the drive I get this message...

"the operation can't be completed because the original item for DATA can't be found"

I've tried disabling the password on the mini, creating a new account, and even setting the DATA volume to allow "everyone" access -- disabled the firewall, everything I can think of and get the same error. I've also set permissions on other folders with the same results to rule out a problem with the fw drive.

Any suggestions? All was working fine with Leopard, but, since installing Snow Leopard I can't get it to let me open shared tiger folders.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Btw, I can do the reverse, that is enable file sharing on Snow Leopard and access those files from the mini, just not the other way around.

I've scoured google trying to find a solution all I come up with are issues with SL and Windows, nothing for SL and Tiger.

[Natobasso]

What kind of firewire hard drive is it?

[ngcomputing]

Has nothing to do with the firewire drive or hardware ... forget that.

I can set up a folder on the mini (like on the desktop or documents folder), set the permissions, etc, and still have the same issue. It's not a hardware problem, it comes down to Snow Leapord will connect to a Tiger system, you log in, the folders are displayed in SL finder, but when you try to open them, won't fly.

[Natobasso]

Some possible answers:
http://ryanblock.com/2007/11/leopard-still-sucks-at-shared-windows-smb/

and an apple discussion thread here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8199573#8199573

[ngcomputing]

Dude, I'm not talking about SMB and Windows and I've been through all the threads at apple and every forum ... tireless google searches that come up with nothing.

Forget the firewire drive ~ gone forgotten disconnected ~ forget the hardware, forget I even mentioned a firewire drive.

The point I'm making is that I have snow leopard on a macbook w/all updates and tiger w/all updates on a mac mini. Snow leopard won't let me access shared folders or files on any mac on the network that is running Tiger.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Can you try enabling, in the "Sharing" pane of the System Preferences on the Tiger machine, the "Remote Access" service (ssh, basically)?

Then, try sshing from the Snow Leopard machine to the Tiger machine. Can you successfully make an ssh connection? If so, perhaps there is some incompatibility with Snow Leopard and Tiger in terms of AFP and AFP shares -- but if not, then I would first suspect something wonky with your network and/or firewalls on one machine or the other.

[ngcomputing]

I just installed Snow Leopard on the mini and all is well. Still though, for someone searching like I did on this issue regarding connecting a Snow Leopard OS/X machine to a Tiger machines shared folders is unresolved.

[Natobasso]

I'd prefer it next time if you just simply ignored me rather than calling me dude and being negative, thanks.

[ngcomputing]

Sorry guys, running on 3 hours sleep really got to me and I apologize for being so grouchy.

I put Snow Leopard on the other machine and get the same results. I figure on this macbook there is just something not letting me connect to the mini...after the install screen sharing stopped working.

Anyways, I'm going to take the day off, collect my thoughts and come back to it later. Again, I apologize to everyone for my rudeness.

[macspectrum]

i've seen similar issues when trying to share folders from an older mac OS

always a good idea to share folders on the mac with the most recent OS and then connect from the mac with the older OS

i have found it a good rule to follow

newer OS probably is backward compatible while older OS isn't forward compatible, when it comes to file sharing

after all, does it really matter if you "copy from" or "copy to"?

[ngcomputing]

I have snow Leopard on both the macbook and mac mini. Screen sharing & sharing folders works, but, it takes SL forever to connect, several minutes sometimes.

This has been the same case on other networks with SL, really, really slow connect times for screen sharing and NAS sharing. Other problems that I have seen is after terminating screen sharing, any mounted network drives disconnect...then it might take the system a few min to reconnect, or have to go back and re-mount the drive through finder.

Just some bugs that Apple needs to work out.

thanks for the reply

[macspectrum]

how do file x-fers work between snow leopard macs using file sharing? i am upgrading a client from tiger to snow leopard w/ new macs soon

[Satcomer]

Well after the 10.6.2 update every sharing Snow Leopard problems went away. You may would want to try that update first.

[eric halfabee]

Similar problem here. I've just upgraded to a MBP from an old G5 iMac (running 10.5.8) - which I have transferred to the kids room. This G5 connects to the internet via wireless to a Siemens Gigaset WLAN DSL modem and has no problem doing that. My new MBP running 10.6.2 connects via ethernet to the Siemens DSL when at my desk and wireless elsewhere in the house with no problems there too. I have recently tried to connect to the old G5 to get some files etc of it via sharing and have had no joy from the MBP to the G5 even though the iMac is showing up in the sharing pane of the sidebar etc. I can however connect to other way the MBP from the iMac, so in a way I can get the files I need but it would be more convenient to do it from the MBP.

Even though I shouldn't need to connect that often, being able to do so without the added step of having to go into the kids room would be good. I hope Apple sort this out quickly.

I think I might actually use Dropbox to move files back and forth in the meantime.

Apart from this I'm very happy with SL and my new MBP... so far.

[djackmac]

Which MBP is it? Depending on which one just get a 6 pin or 6 pin to 9 pin firewire cable and migrate everything from the G5 if you see fit.

[Satcomer]

Which MBP is it? Depending on which one just get a 6 pin or 6 pin to 9 pin firewire cable and migrate everything from the G5 if you see fit.

When going from a PPC to an Intel Mac don't transfer any programs. Find an Intel compatible version that is Snow Leopard worthy (http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/) and if you need the serial number from a program get it from the PPC Mac or the PPC Mac's /Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/ and in /Users/YourUserName/Library/Application Support/.

I can't stress the importance of not using PPC only programs in an Intel Mac!

[eric halfabee]

Its a 17" 2.8 MBP with the new Firewire connection. Only really need it for work files and documents so no programs, these have all been installed fresh if needed. Actually the only program that needs Rosetta is my eMusic Remote app.

Cheers