Accessing New Mini Mac from The PC

[meites]

Here is the problem...

I have connected the mini mac to the network. The Mac sees the PC's, and I can mount the drives, do whatever I want on the PC's from the MAC. Now when I try and go from the PC to the MAC it asks for a user name and password. I have tried using, the user name, the shortname, the Mac Name, no combination seems to work. If I use an FTP to the MAC there is no problem. To answer some questions; Shares are on, firewall is off, password is tested. (After a wasted conversation with Apple support I even reloaded the mini-mac because they thought it may be a corrupt configuration setting). I have also tried the command lines to get to the IP, which of course it finds the PC, but the road ends at the user name and password. Let me know what you think I can try.

 

[nixgeek]

I see you've reposted or gotten the thread open somehow.. I sent you a reply through PM but I'll repost our dialogue here....

I believe that once the thread is closed, you can't reopen it without the help from one of the admins. You could just go ahead and repost the thread (just make sure you explain in the thread what happened so no one things it's a double-post).

As for the username and password, you're absolutely sure that you're using the username and password that exists on the Mac when prompted on the Windows computer? Also, make sure that Windows Sharing is enabled in System Preferences-->Sharing and that the OS X firewall isn't blocking the service.

One other question: does the account on the Mac login without a password? If so, try applying a password to it and see if you can access the Mac using that Mac account with the newly added password.

Good luck.

Originally Posted by meites
Hi
How do I open the thread back up?

I have absolutely tried this in every combination possible; user name, computer name, shortname (and I only have one password), and nothing seems to work. With the FTP this does work.

Originally Posted by nixgeek
You seem to have closed the thread which is preventing people from answering your question within the thread, so I'm PMing you with the answer.

When the Mac asks for the username and password, it's requesting the username and password of an account that's resident on the Mac. Once you give this information, you should be able to see the contents of the Mac's share from the WIndows PC.

Let me know if it worked for you.