Can’t Access a Windows 2003 Drive from a MAC OS X
What is with all these problems?!?! So I’m playing around with my new iMac and I naturally wanted to access the shared directory of my 2003 Server. I mean really, what is a 23″ screen without streaming porn, a-hem, Educational Material! On a more serious note, trying to access any of my Windows shares caused a failure where it said, the Alias could not be opened because the original item could not be found. Doesn’t ANYTHING work with anything else?
The solution that worked for me was to disable a Windows 2003 security setting regarding digitally signed communications.
Log into the Domain Controller
Open the Domain Controller Security Policy
Navigate to SECURITY SETTINGS / LOCAL POLICIES / SECURITY OPTIONS
Find MICROSOFT NETWORK SERVER: DIGITALLY SIGN COMMUNICATIONS (ALWAYS)
*!*!*!*!*! Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding *!*!*!*!*!*
DISABLE THAT SETTING ! ! !
Give it a few minutes to sync everything up and then try the mapping again, it should work.
One other thing that might help is instead of using the Server’s name, try using the syntax
SMB:\\X.X.X.X and it will pop up with a list of shares to choose from.
Good luck!
The easiest solution to this problem is to disable the default server setting of always requiring “digitally signed communication”. To do this, log in to the domain controller and open the DC policy editor. Look for “Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options” and change “Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always)” from “Enabled” to “Disabled”. Leave everything else. This means that the server will digitally sign communications if the client is capable, but won’t reject a connection if your client is not.