Error -36 connecting to Windows 2000 Server

Question

I'm trying to connect to a windows 2000 server that appears in my Network browser but I can't authenticate using the Network browser or via smb://.
I have been able to connect in the past no problem and I can login to the server on another machine using my user and password.
I get two errors:
If I go via Network browser I can click and get a username and password dialog box. When I enter my details and hit return I get - 'The alias (servername) could not be opened because the original could not be found'
If I go via Connect to Server i get a "can't connect to server blah blah (-36 error)" and I can cancel or try again.
I've searched high and low for a solution but can't find anything like this.
I suspect I need to trash some preference or other, like you could do in OS9, but I have no idea where to start with OS X.
Can anyone help?
Al
G5   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Answer 1

See the following article
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301580
Basically the steps are as follows:
Follow the steps below to configure your computer to use plain text passwords to make SMB/CIFS connections when the specified Samba or Windows (SMB/CIFS) server does not support encrypted passwords. (You must be an administrator to do these steps.)
Make sure that you are not currently connected to any Samba or Windows (SMB/CIFS) servers and that you do not have any Samba or Windows-related error messages open.
Open the Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/).
At the prompt, type: sudo pico /etc/nsmb.conf
Press Return.
Enter your password when prompted, then press Return again.
You should see an empty file and a "New File" notice at the bottom of the pico window. If you do not see the "New File" notice, this file already exists.
Enter the following into the file so that it appears as follows:
[default]
minauth=none
Save the file (press Control-O), press Return, then exit pico (Control-X).
Type: sudo chmod a+r /etc/nsmb.conf
Press Return.
Restart your computer.