Re: Connect to Server?

Hi Charles,

At 10:24 -0700 2004-07-28, Charles E. James wrote:
>I have a G4 that I recently upgraded to 10.3. The user requires
>access to a Mac Server on the network so they go to "Connect to
>Server" option and then type in /at/ISS%20Server:* and clicks
>connect. The error message comes up each time saying either a name
>or password is not correct and will not allow a connection BUT when
>the user goes to the browse for server function the server shows and
>she can access the server from that direction.

   The following AppleCare Knowledge Base article describes the
differences between the two major ways of identifying and connecting
to file servers in Mac OS X 10.3 ("Panther"):

   "About network browsing and connected servers in Mac OS X 10.3"
   http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107804

   This article doesn't specifically identify why one method allows
successful logins for your user and the other does not, but perhaps
it might nonetheless prove helpful.

   One possibility comes to mind: connections to AppleShare file
servers initiated via the Finder's "Connect to Server" option
typically use AFP (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) URLs, such as
"afp://server-hostname-or-ip-address-here". Your user might try
entering a URL in that format, if they haven't already done so.

Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group

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Received on Wed Jul 28 11:11:07 2004