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So heres my deal.

 

I've got 10.4.8 running quite well on one computer and XP SP2 running on another. The networking is functioning on the OS X machine, I am able to get on the internet and all of the windows machines on the network are able to access the shared folder on the OS X box. However the OS X box can not connect to any of the windows machines, all the windows machines are able to talk and share files just fine so I know that their networking is setup properly.

 

If I go into the Finder and click on networking, there is nothing listed in the Servers setion, however the different workgroups in the network are listed, and the windows machines are then listed under those workgroups. When I click on connect there it returns "The alias 'XPMachine' could not be opened, because the original item could not be found." Same result if I try to connect via the Connect To Server under Go on the menu bar.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions for me here? Months ago when I was running 10.4.4 I didn't have these problems but I'm not sure what would be different now.

 

Thanks for any help and suggestions.

 

~Nem

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xtraa
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you have to install the SMB fix.

 

Download smb_fix.zip

 

1. Unpack to desktop and in the terminal use this command:

 

"sudo cp ~/Desktop/smb_fix/mount_smbfs /sbin/mount_smbfs"

 

2. After that, in the terminal use this command:

 

"sudo cp -R ~/Desktop/smb_fix/smbfs.kext/ /System/Library/Extensions/smbfs.kext"

 

Followed by

 

"sudo diskutil repairPermissions /"

 

3. Type: "reboot" in Terminal

NemesysSRT
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Well I loaded the kext and the binary into their locations (/System/Library/Extensions and /sbin respectively), reparied the disk permissions, and removed the extensions.mkext and extensions.kextcache files from /System/Library.

 

Finder is now displaying the Windows machines properly in the network section. However it is still returning the same error as before when you click on connect. "The alias 'XPMachine' could not be opened, because the original item could not be found." If I type in the ip address in the connect to server dialog box and click connect, it does absolutely nothing, same as before the patch.

 

Curiously enough however, I AM able to mount the shares through the command line. i.e.

 

sudo /sbin/mount_smbfs -U 'user' //Computer/Share /MountPoint

 

But that still isn't really full functionality.

 

Any more suggestions?

 

Thanks again

 

~Nem

 

edit: I found a couple of other samba patches on the board that I will try when I get home from work tonight. I'll post on if they work for me or not.

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Well, under System Preferences -> Sharing, make sure that you have Windows Sharing enabled. Aside from that I do not know. Even before the patch I didn't have any troubles accessing the mac from windows, just windows from the mac. And the 10.4.7 patch did work on 10.4.8.

 

~Nem

blueman2
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Well after applying the MPIP103_10.4.7.SMB.CIFS.APS.FIX.dmg patch, the samba server is now working perfectly!!!

 

~Nem

 

Where did you find this patch? I too have the dreaded "The alias 'XPMachine' could not be opened, because the original item could not be found." when trying to access my windows machines.

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