Re: Mac OSX Active Directory Connection

The share folder is on E:\home\b.johns$ I created the home directory myself.
Home isn't the name of the server. It's as if the user has no kind of link
to the shared folder I created.

Many Thanks


On 26/7/05 3:31 am, in article
mecklists-5B95A1.21314925072005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "William Smith"
<mecklists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Barry!
>
> Do you mean \\home\b.johns$ rather than \home\b.johns? A UNC path should
> start with two backslashes.
>
> Your Mac's hard drive appearing as your home is an indication that the
> Mac can't find the share. Is home the name of your server? The syntax
> should be \\servername\sharename where b.johns$ would be a folder shared
> from the server.
>
> As a test, you should be able to connect to the share from a Windows
> machine as well.
>
> Hope this helps! bill

.

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