Time machine out of my control-Unix Executable file

Time machine did not show up on my desk top today. When i tried to access it thru Go/Network I got a box that said SMB/CIFS/file system authentication.
When I accessed the files on the time machine they don't open because they are "Unix Executable files" instead of the type that they really are. What happened to my access to the time machine?

One thing to double check is that the computer name (in the sharing preference panel) is exactly the same as it was when the backups were made. Sometimes that is all it takes to have Time Machine continue with incremental backups.
In your case, however, it may be that you would need to change the new computer's ethernet MAC address to the same as your old computer, and that could be a problem if you don't still have that computer.

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