I've enabled SMB whatever through leopard, and leopard can find the XP
computer just fine. However, XP cannot find my mac. any suggestions?
they're
both in the same "workgroup" I believe, but I can't verify that for sure.
A
lot of what you typed below makes no sense to me. =P
"Malke" wrote:
> Alexander Lorenz wrote:
>
> > Hi Group,
> > just a general question. Is it possible to access the Mac's hard disc
from
> > a Windows XP computer?
>
> Absolutely. I have a mixed-OS network which has included at various
times:
> Win98, WinXP, Vista, Linux, Tiger, and now Leopard.
>
> Have you tried and are having difficulties? If so, post back with the
errors
> you're getting and the versions of OS X and XP. Otherwise, here are a
few
> basic guidelines:
>
> 1. On the Mac, set up Windows sharing. IIRC, Tiger only lets you share
the
> public folder and your user directory. With Leopard, make sure you're
using
> SMB. Adjust the firewall to allow this.
>
> 2. On XP, run the Network Setup Wizard. If you are using a third-party
> firewall, you'll need to go back and turn off the Windows Firewall
(which
> will be activated by the Wizard) and configure the third-party firewall
to
> allow Local Area Network traffic. Share out desired resources. See below
> for sharing differences under XP Pro/Media Center/Home.
>
> 3. On both machines, create identical user accounts and passwords. You
do
> not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the
> passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the
> accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. If you
> wish XP to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's
> account) for convenience, you can do this.
>
> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
>
> Additional notes relative to XP:
>
> If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center:
>
> 1. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
> Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
> accounts/passwords on all computers.
>
> 2. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the
Simple
> File Sharing enabled. Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is
> enabled. This means that anyone without a user account on the target
system
> can use its resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide
if
> it matters in your situation.
>
> 3. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
home
> directories (My Do***ents) or Program Files, but you can share folders
> inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared
> Do***ents folder.
>
> HTH,
> ..
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>
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