Connecting to fileserver
Hello out there,
I run a network with two G4 Servers running OS9 and Appleshare IP v. 6.3.3, linked to similar G4 OS9 workstations, and OSX eMacs and Minis running Panther and Tiger. Suddenly the Tiger machines cannot log on to either file server. Both Ping and Traceroute indicate a clear path, but I get this error when I click the "Connect" button: "Conection failed. The server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and try again." Panther and OS9 machines still work fine. Is there a plist I need to trash?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Brad
Might look at these...
/Users/nnnn/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist
/Users/nnnn/Library/Recent Servers
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737400(v=ws.10).aspx
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754889(v=ws.10).aspx
And a DFS response probably wouldn’t be complete without an AskDS link:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2012/07/24/common-dfsn-configuration-mistakes-and-oversights.aspx
These links may also help:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2012/08/26/dfs-namespace-scalability-considerations.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2009/12/30/windows-server-dfs-namespaces-reference.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2009/06/26/how-many-dfs-n-namespaces-servers-do-you-need.aspx
I hope this helps,
Mark
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