bajoran Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Hi out there, although i have been trying to find a solution in various forums i didn´t get back the Finder´s "normal" behaviour. Until four days ago everything worked perfectly. The Finder connected to my Windows-Shares without any problems. But suddenly i don´t get a connection. The Finder-Windows still shows the various Windows-machines, i.e. the correct names of different machines, but does not go any further. Finder keeps telling me, "Connection failed". (Connect As... doesn´t seem to give any reaction...) Also using the apple-key+K shortcut does not work anymore. "The text entered does not appear to be a recognized URL format. URLs should bein with afp://, smb:// etc." is the message that keeps popping up trying this way. Using the terminal and the manual way to mount a share is working fine - so I´m suspecting somethings wrong within the Finder, not overall with Samba or the XP-Box. Unfortunately I´m just a really newbie to MacOS - my Unix/Linux knowledge is marginally and so I only tried to look up for problems caused by Samba, because I really don´t have a clue where I can start a search related to the Finder. So, in the end I´m posting this - hoping that someone maybe had similar problems and got a solution. So long and regards bajoran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC-Ente Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I have the Same Problem, trying to connect to a Windows XP maschine or the Samba Server from my Ubuntu machine, i Hope we're both just to stupid to use OSX and its not a Bug in Hackintosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catw3azle Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Maybe that helps. Look at I am unable to connect to shared computers on my network Greetz Catw3azle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMDmbirkis Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 The fix works, thanks alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t3hi3x Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 I have the Same Problem, trying to connect to a Windows XP maschine or the Samba Server from my Ubuntu machine, i Hope we're both just to stupid to use OSX and its not a Bug in Hackintosh If you try to connect to another Mac/PC or Linux on your local network using leo4allv2.iso release, it won't work. So basically, using 'Connect to Server' command of Finder will pop a windows where you can enter something similar to this: afp:192.168.1.10/ smb:192.168.1.20/ These are valid URLs but Finder would complain that they are not. To fix it follow these steps: 1- Open the terminal application (Under Applications->Utilities) 2- Enter: sudo rm /System/Library/Filesystems/afpfs.fs sudo ln -s /System/Library/Filesystems/AppleShare/afpfs.kext /System/Library/Filesystems/afpfs.fs (Taken from http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...2989&st=580) I just thought I'd share this for new users Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keplenk Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I'm also having the same problem with the Connection Failed. Connect As... error. It was working yesterday. Now its not I didn't do anything. I tried to go to the link that Catw3azle gave by I can't find it there. Anyone can share the actual fix? Please. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catw3azle Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 @keplenk: Try what t3hi3x wrote. It is basically the same what in my link was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Just wanted to say I had the same problem and this fix worked fine for me. sudo rm /System/Library/Filesystems/afpfs.fs sudo ln -s /System/Library/Filesystems/AppleShare/afpfs.kext /System/Library/Filesystems/afpfs.fs Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konami® Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I want to say a big Thank you for the terminal tip, I was having a big issue with sharing files in my network, now is fixed and working great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyJAT Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Maybe that helps. Look atI am unable to connect to shared computers on my network Greetz Catw3azle What was the fix? The link doesn't go to that page anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catw3azle Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 What was the fix? The link doesn't go to that page anymore. Try what t3hi3x wrote. It is basically the same what in my link was. Greetz Catw3azle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potenuse Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 The fix works, thanks alot. I second that. Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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