File sharing problems with 10.5.7...

I have a small network in my house. 3 pc's, 1 macbook pro,router, and Modem. I have some files shared out on the pc's and i can view them on the other pc's in the house, so file sharing is working. however the files, nor the network show up in finder on the macbook pro. not sure why. When I was at the apple store the other day, their files showed up. Also the shared itunes libraries all work in itunes.

When you use the Desktop top menu bar Go/Connect to Server and enter
smb://nameofPC
what happens ?

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I have a media player, an A C Ryan, hooked up to my wifi at home and it normally accesses all my hard disks that is plugged and shared on my iMac. I had no problems when the iMac was on Snow Leopard. Under Network/Workgroup in the AC Ryan's menu, I can see and access all the files on the hard disks.
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When you use the Desktop top menu bar Go/Connect to Server and enter
smb://nameofPC
what happens ?

File sharing problem with a PC . locked Folder Icons and funny things

Help was running Tiger fine then upgraded to leopard now my Macbook pro wont shut down properly unless i disconnect all the external USB devices that are attached.
I also used to be able to write to my shared folder on my Windows PC, this comes up on my mac Book pro now with a locked disk icon on it and i cant save to it. the folders inside it also start changing there icon appearance at will. and some times when i try to save a file to it it keeps telling me the file name is too long even if i change it to only one or two characters .
would not mind too much but this is my business thats being effected by this . I have tried it on 2 Imac
Dual core flat panel machine's which still run in tiger and everything is fine with both of these so i know its Leopard that has caused these faults. anyone with any help please let me know .
ian

*Same problem* here: MacBook on Tiger was fine, after installing Leo, unable to write on shared pc-folders (lock-icon).
There are 2 work-arounds I found:
1. uncheck the "protected" box in the info-panel (Mac) of a locked folder,
2. if the pc-folder had a custom icon, resetting to standard will unlock the write protection as well. In both cases, the folders on the pc will change their icons... I have to agree that this is a Leopard issue.
As I use the Mac for work and often have to exchange docs from and to pc's this "bug" is annoying me.
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File sharing problem with EG005W

Hello,
I'm having problems recognizing shared drives when using the EG005W switch on my Linksys network.
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Computer B = XP with EG1032 gigabit adapter
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When A, B, and C are wired to the EG005W switch and everything is powered up, B and C can share folders but none of the other computers are visible in the network (receive the message "MShome not accessible...". However access to the internet is available on all computers.
When A, B, and C are wired to the WRT54G router and everything is powered up, then the A, B, and C are pulled out of WRT54G and plugged into EG005W they are happy and all shared folders are visible in the network and internet access is ok.
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weird problem you got there. have you tried pinging or mapping the A or D instead when they did not appear on the network places? imo, the switch shouldn't be causing any problem here since it is just a pass-through device.

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The MacBook shows up in the finder of the MacPro, but when I click on it, it says "Connection Failed". It does then even when I "Connect As" and explicitly put in the user and password of a user on the MacBook.
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File sharing problems and horror story (nearly)

I use Leopard on a MacBook Pro, a MacBook and a iMac G4 800 MHz (unsupported model).
I have on the iMac and the MacBook Pro many users (the same ont he two machines) and I always use Fast User Switching.
I have had very few problems with Leopard until now; I like it even if there are some glitches or some new features which are not my cup of tea (hierarchical menus missing from the dock, stacks useless when there are many items, FireWall impossibilities (?) to open specific ports, Back to my Mac working on a Lan but not from outside until now, problems with a few apps (Parallels networking erratic), ...
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Using once again Fast User Switching, I logged as user2 and got by magic an all new Home. Nothing left in Documents, Library or other user1 folders. Standard settings for icons, dock, etc.
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Once everything was back to normal, I had a look at the Trash from user1 and guess what, the Home folder of user2 was there, complete.
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why is it I do not have the same dialogs when connecting from all the accounts although as far as I can see, configurations are the same?
why is it possible, from an Information pannel to delete the account of another user?
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Simon Slavin United Kingdom
If you have a problem please start a thread of your own. Don't get us confused between solving two different problems.
Simon,
The subject of this thread is dealing with:
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Specifically for direct attached storage file sharing permissions issue.
Client computers having issues with folder permissions
These are exactly my issues as well. I was hoping to try a solution here or maybe proffer a solution if found elsewhere. I did not realize each problem should be opened as a separate discussion....
Sulking back into the shadow...

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I frequently need to transfer files between the two, and in OSX 10.6, did so by setting the iMac to share the wireless connection and using drop box
This no longer functions in Lion (1.7.1).
Symptoms are:
1. Air drop simply does not function. Neither computer recognizes the other, even if they are adjacent.
2. The Airbook will recognize the wireless connection, and is able to connect with some programs, but not all.
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I frequently need to transfer files between the two, and in OSX 10.6, did so by setting the iMac to share the wireless connection and using drop box
This no longer functions in Lion (1.7.1).
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2. The Airbook will recognize the wireless connection, and is able to connect with some programs, but not all.
3. For example, Safari is able to load news sites, but not gmail and a google search freezes, although a Bing search for the succeeds.
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6. Neither machine shows in the sidebar of finder, therefore I am unable to access one from the other directly.
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I'll be as detailed as possible.
I am about to travel overseas for a month and wanted to setup remote access to my old G5 Dual 2.5 tower in my studio.
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We can't advise anything that violates breaking copy protection schemes or violating copyrighted material on this forum.
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