frequentbeef
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First off, I should say that Im a PC guy whos trying to get used to his Mac and figure out how to make it do what he wants.
So Ive been having lots of trouble with my Mac mini. I got it this past summer and had various problems. Id thought Id gotten them all sorted out until this latest issue.
Heres a quick summary of what I want to end up with: the Mac mini is supposed to be my TV computer. I have 4 external hard drives connected to it. I need to be able to access and fully manipulate the external drives over the network from a PC.
Enabling the basic samba sharing was easy. I got that working beautifully, but I was only able to access my home directory, not the external hard drives. After investigating on the Internet, it seems that I learned just enough to screw everything up.
I found out that I needed to just edit my smb.conf file, but I couldnt figure out how to find it. It seems I can only get to it via Terminal or something. So I looked for alternatives.
I found a guide on Mac sharing beyond the home directory (http://www.creativemac.com/2002/10_oct/tutorials/samba021007.htm) and installed the Samba Sharing preference pane (http://xamba.sourceforge.net/ssp/index.shtml). This gave me a preference pane with both a GUI and a text editor for the smb.conf file. Seemed like a dream come true. I was even able to specify all the shares I wanted. It seemed simply and easy.
I did run into some trouble when I installed it. I got a bunch of error messages about files not being in their default location or how files needed to be updated. I thought that I had fixed all that, though I couldnt fix the message about how files needed to be updated.
The problem is that whenever I clicked on Start, the entire thing crashes. Further, not samha sharing doesnt work at all anymore. Ive tried using the built-in samba sharing that used to work fine, but that does nothing.
Ive tried removing every trace I can fine of the Samba Sharing preference pane I installed, but that hasnt changed anything either. When I reinstall it, all my old settings are still there, so there must be some files saved somewhere, but I cant find them.
I also tried installing Sharepoints (http://www.hornware.com/sharepoints/), but that didnt change anything either.
Currently, I cant access the Mac from any PC. I can ping the Macs IP fine, but I cant browse to it on the network nor can I go directly to it. Im not even prompted to sign in, I just get a message that its not valid and I should check the address.
On the Mac, I can access the PC thats on the same workgroup as it, but I cant access any other workgroups (which I used to be able to do).
So what do I do now? I cant figure out how to reset everything and start over. Right now, Id be happy with that. Then I can try dealing with the external shares again (and more carefully this time).
So Ive been having lots of trouble with my Mac mini. I got it this past summer and had various problems. Id thought Id gotten them all sorted out until this latest issue.
Heres a quick summary of what I want to end up with: the Mac mini is supposed to be my TV computer. I have 4 external hard drives connected to it. I need to be able to access and fully manipulate the external drives over the network from a PC.
Enabling the basic samba sharing was easy. I got that working beautifully, but I was only able to access my home directory, not the external hard drives. After investigating on the Internet, it seems that I learned just enough to screw everything up.
I found out that I needed to just edit my smb.conf file, but I couldnt figure out how to find it. It seems I can only get to it via Terminal or something. So I looked for alternatives.
I found a guide on Mac sharing beyond the home directory (http://www.creativemac.com/2002/10_oct/tutorials/samba021007.htm) and installed the Samba Sharing preference pane (http://xamba.sourceforge.net/ssp/index.shtml). This gave me a preference pane with both a GUI and a text editor for the smb.conf file. Seemed like a dream come true. I was even able to specify all the shares I wanted. It seemed simply and easy.
I did run into some trouble when I installed it. I got a bunch of error messages about files not being in their default location or how files needed to be updated. I thought that I had fixed all that, though I couldnt fix the message about how files needed to be updated.
The problem is that whenever I clicked on Start, the entire thing crashes. Further, not samha sharing doesnt work at all anymore. Ive tried using the built-in samba sharing that used to work fine, but that does nothing.
Ive tried removing every trace I can fine of the Samba Sharing preference pane I installed, but that hasnt changed anything either. When I reinstall it, all my old settings are still there, so there must be some files saved somewhere, but I cant find them.
I also tried installing Sharepoints (http://www.hornware.com/sharepoints/), but that didnt change anything either.
Currently, I cant access the Mac from any PC. I can ping the Macs IP fine, but I cant browse to it on the network nor can I go directly to it. Im not even prompted to sign in, I just get a message that its not valid and I should check the address.
On the Mac, I can access the PC thats on the same workgroup as it, but I cant access any other workgroups (which I used to be able to do).
So what do I do now? I cant figure out how to reset everything and start over. Right now, Id be happy with that. Then I can try dealing with the external shares again (and more carefully this time).