Re: "Connect" button just doesn't

doh! I missed the part about the Xserve.

Have you installed all the OS updates so it's at 10.4.11? Did you use
Migration Assistant when you upgraded to Tiger? As nifty as that
utility is, it can carry over weird problems. If you have unexplained
problems after migrating an account from one machine to another,
create a new user account and see if the problem still exists.

-Mark

On Oct 27, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Rob Weinberg wrote:

> Thanks Mark.
>
> Actually the G5 is trying to connect to an Xserve. But I don't think
> it even gets as far as trying to connect - I don't think the
> "Connect" button sends its required message to whatever OS X
> subsystem it should - it just makes a minute change in the button's
> animation and does not give any error message. It's like the Connect
> dialog box itself is broken.
>
> Rob
>
> Mark Ingles wrote, On 10/27/2008 11:37 AM:
>> Hi Rob,
>> I assume the server you're connecting to is Windows and it's bound
>> to the AD.
>> Panther 10.3 didn't have any problems connecting to Windows shares.
>> You just needed a Kerberos ticket.
>> Tiger 10.4 usually worked with a Kerberos ticket, but it had
>> problems when the Windows share was a VM. In that case, I found
>> AdmitMac was necessary. I don't know why the VM was more difficult
>> than a standard share, but I witnessed several situations where
>> this was the case. I also found that using the hostname for the
>> server address sometimes worked when the IP address didn't. Give
>> that a try.
>> Leopard 10.5.4 was the first version of OS X that doesn't require a
>> Kerberos ticket or AdmitMac to connect to a Windows share point.
>> It's reason enough to consider upgrading to Leopard.
>> I hope this helps,
>> Mark
>> On Oct 27, 2008, at 11:03 AM, Rob Weinberg wrote:
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> I upgraded a perfectly fine G5 Panther to Tiger.
>>>
>>> After the upgrade, I try to "Connect to server . . .", put in the
>>> usual
>>> IP address for my Xserve as I do on a dozen other Macs, but when I
>>> click
>>> on the "Connect" button, all I get is a little change in the
>>> animation
>>> on the button indicating that it has received my immediate click.
>>> Nothing else. No error message, no "failed to connect".
>>>
>>> Have you heard of this? I did a fair amount of googling but could
>>> not
>>> find a solution.
>>>
>>> Alternatively, can I use UNIX to create a desktop alias that will
>>> serve
>>> as a connection link - that is, the user clicks on it to connect
>>> to the
>>> IP address? If so, how would I do that?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Rob
>>>
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> University of California
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