Mac Patch for connecting to Win2k3

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Blaqb0x

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Hi,

It's apparent that Mac os x can't connect to Windows 2003 servers shares by going through Go > Connect to Server without modifying some security policies on the domain controller.

However, you can use the terminal command

$> smbclient \\\\server\\share -U DOMAIN\Username

Which works just fine, even with the security policy in place.

So there is obviously a bug/incompatibility on MacOSX's side. Has Apple released a fix for this?
 
I see no bug or incompatibility -- I simply see a scenario where the limitations of the user interface prevent you from using all the required options of "smbclient" to connect to your server.

If you're all up to date (using 10.4.8 as well as all security patches and updates available through Software Update) and it still doesn't work, then Apple has obviously not released a fix/patch for this.
 
See here for the fix. You have to change a setting in the Local Policy on the Windows 2003 Server. I'm going to give this a try as well as I experienced the same problem with my Windows Server 2003 box and some Macs we have at my school site.
 
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