Mac mini file sharing issue

This one has me stumped. Outside of my iPad and iPhone I have always used exclusively MS operating systems. I bought my Mac Mini a little while back so I am just getting to learn the differences and the ins and outs. This question could fall to either a Windows or Mac group I guess but I thought I would start here. I have my sharing setup on my Mac and my Windows 8.1 computer. My Mac does fine with getting shared access to my Windows folders. Here is the strange part. Although I can see all of the shared folders on my Mac from Windows the only one I can access is my public folder. But wait, that isn't the strangest bit. I typically use a third party windows explorer replacement called QDir when I am having to do a lot of file manipulation. Well, when I am using it, I can access all of the Mac folders just fine. This one has just stumped me.

Seems like a Permissions issue on the Mac side, not familiar with QDir, but perhaps it uses some kind of Admin permissions?
On the Mac enable Remote login in Sharing, & on the PC try logging into the Mac with the Mac's username & Mac's PW.

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Hi Guys,
I'm new to the Mac experience having just bought a Mac Mini so be gentle please. I have the Mini connected to my router & internet the via Cat5 Ethernet cable. I also have a Dell Notebook running Windows 7 connecting wirelessly to that router. How do I get these 2 power-houses of the home computer industry to share files?

Well with 10.6 and windows file sharing follow these steps:
1. First in windows 7 go to Control Panel. Then in the File sharing panel don't do a Home Group because this is for Windows 7 networks ONLY!. Use the Advanced file sharing to share files.
2. While still on Windows 7 go to Control Panel-System and get the workgroup name or change it to you want. Also while still in 7 click on the start button in the search box type: cmd . The command line will come up and on the first line type: ipconfig /all . Then write down the Windows 7 IP address (you will need to know this info).
3. Now in 10.6.x open System Preferences->Network pane, Advanced button. In the drop-down click on the WINS tab and put in the name of the Workgroup name and at the bottom of the pane hit the + button and add the IP address of the Windows 7 machine.
4. Now click on OS X desktop and click on the Go menu name. In the drop-down select "Connect to Server" . When the panel opens up put in your Windows 7 IP address and connect. The keyboard shortcut for the Connect to Server is the Command key+k. Then log in the Windows 7 with the Windows 7 username and password.
Any questions?
One more thing: read the how to File Sharing: Snow Leopard And Windows 7.
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File sharing issue - Mac to Windows

HI folks. I can get file sharing to work fine between my mac and my windows machines but every time I want to do it I have to remote to my mac, disable file sharing then re-enable it. It works fine until the next day when I want to do it. It keeps prompting for password until I do the same thing. What's going on and how do I fix this? Thanks. Is there an app that does this easily?

you should create a user on the windows machine with the exact same credentials as the mac, or you will have to input password everytime.
then mount the SMB share on startup in your user account.
I do this and works pretty seemlessly.

Windows file sharing issues with Leopard

One of my clients has a Mac Mini server running Leopard with all updates installed. He has 2 Windows PCs in his office (1 XP and 1 Vista) and 1 MacBook Air running Leopard.
I created two folders in /Users/Shared and created a new full (standard) user account (SMB doesn't seem to like "share only" accounts). I turned off the OS X Firewall and set the two folders to be read/write shares for the new account I created. I turned on SMB sharing in Options.
On the Windows XP machine, I can read/write to the Mac Mini's shared folders just fine, however I cannot delete files for some reason. I always get an error saying the file is locked or I don't have permission to erase it. I tried moving the share folder to different locations, thinking it was a parent folder permission issue. No dice. It doesn't seem to matter who creates the file, I cannot delete it from the Windows computer. I can delete it fine from any Mac in the office.
Any ideas?

The default behavior for the /Users/Shared folder is that you can only delete files you put in the Shared folder - this is called the "sticky bit." ie: User A saves/moves a file into Shared, User B can read/write that file but cannot delete it, User A can read/write and delete. The sticky bit can be set via Terminal.

Two Macs Networked, file sharing not working correctly

Okay, I've had a Mac Pro since February this year and it has been connected to a new iMac since about two days ago. Both computers can see each other on the ethernet network (their respective icons appear in the Finder sidebar). However, something weird is happening because not only are the correct "iMac" and "Mac Pro" icons showing, but also Windows "blue screen of death" icons are appearing also! These icons are named "mac001ffXXXXXXX" where XXXXXXX are a bunch of numbers. I can access the other computer's files by clicking on EITHER the official Mac icons in the sidebar, OR by clicking on the "blue screen of death" icons.
It should be noted that a Windows XP computer is also a part of this network. I currently have only the AFP sharing option selected (I did have both AFP and SMB, but I disabled SMB because Windows sharing is not really needed), but still the old Windows icon is appearing alongside the iMac icon -- both icons applicable to the iMac.
I believe this problem is connected to the file sharing issue I am having. While folders I have shared on the iMac can be seen by the Mac Pro, files on the Mac Pro for which I have specified Read and Write guest access to "Everyone" are not visible on the iMac -- the only way to access these files is to log in as a Registered User. I have tried a whole bunch of different things, but nothing seems to work. I was under the impression that communication between two Macs would be completely problem-free!
So is there something I am missing, or is it a Leopard issue?

A simple possibility is that you just don't have also have "Personal File Sharing" turned on for the Macs.
Otherwise, I bet it's on the PC end. Under windows filesharing (SMB), one machine will take control as the server. When there is a PC on the net, the Macs will generally cede that responsibility to the PC Try watching for that in the console log: take all the CPUs off the net, bring a Mac on, then the PC, open the "Console" app on the Mac, and look at the messages. If the problem -is- on the PC end, I'm sorry, but I'm not PC-savvy enough to tell you how to fix it. Hopefully, this will get you closer.

HELP! Mac Mini Server Journaling issue during reinstall

H E L P !
Mac Mini Server Journaling issue...
Hi there,
I have taken on a nearly new Mac Mini Server running Snow Leopard.
It has a RAID set up already.
When I try to reinstall the OS from the original disk the installation willl not let me select the drive as it says it is not journaled.
I have then opened Disk Utility and selected the main HD (there is one HD plus 2 Raid slices listed).
From this point on there are no options available:
The only 2 tabs above the right hand window are 'First Aid' and 'RAID'.
First Aid shows all 4 options greyed out.
Selecting the main HD and then going to File>Enable Journaling will not work as 'Enable Journaling' is greyed out.
Deleting the RAID does not work either, as the HD (mirrored RAID set) and both RAID sclices have the padlock icon next to them.
Can anyone help?
I really need to reinstall the OS and set the machine up with a TimeMachine Capsule asap!
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Sorted!
All is good now : )

How do I connect a Maverick imac and a snow leopard mac pro file sharing

I am trying to connect an imac running Maverick, and an older mac pro 1,1 running snow leopard. The mac pro does not have airport. I have tried connecting using my wireless router: mac pro ethernet conencted and wifi with imac, but I either cannot connect or it takes forever. I need a more reliable solution. I bought an airport card for the mac pro. I hurt my foot, and am laid up, and have to access the massive files on the mac pro and external drives with the imac. They are about 75 feet apart. The imac uses the wirteless router just fine, which is next to the mac pro. Which is the better solution, buying a long enough eitehrnet cable, and direct connect, or install the airport card and connect using airport? One more concern, I noticed my neighbor has a mac, and his mac keeps showing up on the network as a lockede but selectable mac. I am concerned about my security. Which is best, and what is the sequence to set it up? I can see that a step by step process with proper sequence and settings is critical to get tis to work. Thanks for any help.

How are you currently trying to connect? The easiest method for setting up across operating systems would be to connect using AFP, the standard protocol Macs use to share files over a network (though, SMB2 is now the default method in Mavericks). Are you attempting to simply transfer data from one machine to the other, or set up a local network between these machines? If it is the former, the easiest method may be to use an external HDD to copy data from one machine and then transfer it to the other.
See below for AFP:
Mac Basics: File Sharing - Support - Apple
And a youtube video:
Mac 10.6 OS X Tutorial - File Sharing -AFP FTP and SMBS - Video ...
One more concern, I noticed my neighbor has a mac, and his mac keeps showing up on the network as a lockede but selectable mac.
This is normal. You would need to explicitly grant your neighbor access to your machine for him to access anything on the machine, just as you need to do the same with your own computer you are attempting to connect.

File sharing issue. Trying to access iMac w/ lion from a mac mini w/OS X 10.6.8

I'm trying to allow my kids (mac mini) to access the external HD that's connected to my iMac.
ISSUE: While on my mac mini I can't see the shared folders on my iMac.
I can't see ANY shared folders on the left side of the Finder window. Can't see how to Show the Shared area in Finder.
I've gone here to see how to share folders, and followed the directions:
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/the-essentials-of-file-and-folder-permissi ons-in-m.html
All folders I'm looking to share have been shared with me, the administrator (read and write) and with Everyone (read only)
The folders are just not visible when I'm on the mac mini.
Thinking there's something in relation to the two versions operating systems that I've missed.
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You must upgrade your OSX to Lion (10.7) minimum, Mavericks (10.9) preferably.

Strange file sharing issue - need guru!

I know how file sharing works. This isn't a basic problem.
I have a volume with a folder containing music files that I want to share to a Windows 7 PC. I turned on sharing and it worked just fine, EXCEPT that I couldn't set the permissions to read only for the sharing user. I have OTHER folders that I can set read-only. I know how permissions work. But I tried just about everything I could think of, with no luck - when mounted on the Windows machine, it was R/W.
So, searching around, I found a post talking about xattr on the directory. I have a fair amount of UNIX experience. I pulled up the terminal and sure enough, this folder had an xattr attribute from the Finder. Thinking that this might be the cause of the permissions problem - and since none of the other folders have this attribute, I decided to kill it (xattr -d).
Now when I try to share the folder, everything looks good on the Mac side, it just doesn't appear on the Windows machine. I can still see my public folder. I've also created other shared folders - and they work. EXCEPT, I can't create ANY folder on this volume which will share.
Setup details:
Mac Mini (2011) with Lion
1 internal drive
1 external USB drive with 2 partitions (Data, Music)
All volumes are Mac OS Extended, Journaled
The Music volume has a folder "Music" which I'm trying to share. (There are other folders which I don't want to share.)
I am successfully sharing folders from the internal drive and the other partition (Data) on the USB drive. As mentioned above, I created another folder on the Music volume - and that one won't share either.
At this point, I'm pretty stumped.
(and yes, I know about music streaming in itunes. I need actual file sharing in this case.)

More info...
If I check "ignore ownership" on the volume, I can share folders on the volume. However the permissions set in the sharing control panel are ignored. Any user can modify (R/W) the shared folder.
If I uncheck "ignore ownership" on the volume, and set the permissions, and "apply to enclosed items", I can no longer share the folder, regardless of the permissions defined in either the sharing control panel, or the folder's get info.
My internal (root) drive has permissions, and sharing works on that volume. I checked the other USB volume, and it looks like ownership is ignored.
Is this a known issue, that you can't share from a USB drive unless "ignore ownership" is selected?

Anyone experiencing Bluetooth file sharing issues?

I have two Mac Mini's that normally Bluetooth share files all the time. After installing Lion I made sure to check that Bluetooth sharing is enabled on both computers. When one device try's to send a file to the other I get
To use the services on this computer, turn on Bluetooth sharing in it's sharing preferences.
Anyone seeing the same thing or have a fix? Thanks in advance.

Mark, my issue was a result of too much fatigue and too few brains. I had merely forgotten to turn on pairing on my bluetooth device. Once I realized my idiotic mistake, it worked immediately. Don’t know what the problem on your side could be. I believe the newest bluetooth technology (iPhone 6) is backward compatible with the oldest bluetooth technology (headphones) so it should work. Might want to check out this link iOS: Troubleshooting Bluetooth connections Good luck!

Mac Mini Internet Connection Issues

In recent weeks the success of my Mac Mini being able to access the Internet and my home network is abissmal.
I have intermittant forced access at best, I have power cycled my router and modem from Time Warner. I have tested both WIFI and Eithernet to no avail
When I use the diagnostics it shows it is not connected, then it will repair connect and when I switch a page in my browser or go to use Skype, BOOM lost connection. This is occuring on both WI FI and Ethernet.
I have read in MAC Forums and on Google that other's have had similar issue.
Info I can add
LinkSys Wireless G router
Also have a WII console an iPhone and Android phone and MacBookPro sharing this connection.
It is nly in the last few weeks it has presented any troubles. I have done a spyware/malware virus check bought MacKeeper cleaned up all files. Short fo taking it in for service (I have only had it since early December)
Is in a router DNS issue, a MAC Mini Issue, a network issue. I am thinking I should have saved more cash and got an iMac.
Thanks

Have you tried changing channels on your Router?
Open Keychain Access in Utilities, use Keychain First Aid under the Keychain Menu item, then either check the Password under that item, change it, or delete it and start over.
Make a New Location, Using network locations in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106653
The Interface that connects to the Internet, needs to be drug to the top of System Preferences>Network>Show:>Network Port Configurations and checked ON.
10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x instructions...
System Preferences>Network, click on the little gear at the bottom next to the + & - icons, (unlock lock first if locked), choose Set Service Order.
The interface that connects to the Internet should be dragged to the top of the list.
Try putting these numbers in Network>TCP/IP>DNS Servers, for the Interface you connect with...
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Then Apply. For 10.5/10.6 Network, highlight Interface>Advanced button>DNS tab>little + icon.
Might add the IP of your Router to DNS also.

At a total loss on a file sharing issue

I have been using file sharing for years and have never had a problem. Tonight that streak has come to an end and I feel stupid!
I have built myself a PC for work. However, I want to be able to share files with my Mac on it. Here is my setup... On my Mac, I have a hard drive that I have made into 2 partitions. One partition is a FAT32 format, specifically so that I can share files with my PC. I have gone into file sharing and set it up so that drive will be shared with my PC. From my Mac, I can connect to the PC and the My Documents folder on it.
However, when I get on the PC I can not see my Mac unless I connect using the ftp://ip address format. Even then I do not see the drive I am trying to share. I see my Documents folder on my Mac, which is not what I want to share.
I have done searches on here as well as Google throughout the day and can not find anything that addresses this specific issue. Can anyone give me some things to look for? I am fried!
Randy

Never mind, as usually happens after making the post, I finally found a link to guide me with what I did wrong.

Lion server file sharing issue with windows API read/write ini file (GetPrivateProfileString)

Hello,
I try to config lion server as file server for a windows application we use at work. All other computers are windows 7 or XP, lion server is the only mac. I choose lion server because it's size, quality and personal love of apple products.
10.7.2 lion server's samba file sharing works almost perfectly with all my windows machines, I can copy, delete, modify any text files or office files without any issue, but the most important windows application for my business doesn't work with samba file sharing. After some digging, I found it is because windows program can't read or write INI file stored on lion share. Windows API GetPrivateProfileString always returns empty if the INI file is store on lion share.
You can download a small application for read/write windows INI file from codeproject.com to test this problem:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/files/ini.aspx
I can open/edit the in file using any text editor without any problem. The only problem is with those windows APIs. ACL is turned on for my lion share and assigned "delete" rights to samba users.
I install samba3 on the same server; it works perfectly with windows API. My windows program also works. Looks like there is something wrong with lion server's sambax.
I'd prefer to use built-in samba even I have samba3 working. Built-in samba is very immature right now, but considered how young it is, I will give apple some time to make it mature.
Does anyone have same issue or knows how to fix it?
Thanks,
Michael.

All the memory is fine. The server rarely if ever goes down when there are only around 10-12 users connected. When there are 20+ users connected and working heavily it goes down often. When I say working heavily, I mean they are transferring huge files to the SAN (100GB+), sometimes 5 at a time per user, and there are a bunch of others who are reading large video files at a minimum of 220MB/sec from the SAN.
Though this worked on Snow Leopard without any issues, Lion just doesn't seem to be able to handle it. The odd thing is, on Snow Leopard there was only a single 1GB ethernet connection to a NAS system, whereas with Lion we have a much more powerful machine with a 6-port 10GB ethernet card and a 4 lane 8GB fiber card to a true SAN. You would think that the newer scenario with Lion would handle far more users with ease.
So far, very disappointing with regards to Lion's file serving performance.

Mac Mini Server VPN Issues - Driving me insane

Mac Mini Late 2012
Late 2012
Software OS X 10.8.2 (12C2034)
Server Version 2.2(166)
Previous Issues experiencing: Before i rang apple support and spoke with enterprise support i had no luck at all for weeks getting the VPN connected.
After calling support it seemed to have something to do with my useraccount - Guided through the process of creating new dummy account and trying to connect then. Which sssucceeded..!!!
However. Back on my main account and deleting other user accounts im facing great difficulty setting up a VPN for the purpose of a VPN.
The issue now is: Once i get connected to my mac successfully from my iPhone using the VPN server all is good to go.
However. WHen i restart my computer (For testing purposes this was done) When the MacOS boots up again I have to relog into the Server app. Resign into the program, THen try and reconnect my VPN (WHich will be impossible to do if im out of the country). But it doesnt end there. I keep having to reisue a new Shared Password. FOr testing i Used 1234abcd. Got a good connection - Proceeded with restart and then had to change 12345abcd.
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3. Log into the server app (Not another networks Server)
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Any help please!

I sometimes get this same message window or a VPN Not Authorized window after rebooting my server. I have the Mac Mini late-2012 base model running OS X Server. When I do, I just try reconnecting and after no more than 3 attempts a connection is made either by my rMBP or my iPhone5.
I leave my server running 24/7 and I rarely get either of the two messages mentioned above.
You shouldn't need to open the Server.app unless you need to manage services. The Server services you configured should start everytime you restart. I have the Server.app icon on my Dock, but I do not launch it automatically. I manually click to launch it when I need to manage the Server, Accounts or Services.

Mac Mini and Tiger issue.

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