Re: File Services for Macs

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From: William M. Smith (mecklists_at_REMOVETHIS.mn.rr.com)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 23:00:02 -0500

On 4/8/04 1:44 PM, in article 1a28b01c41d99$93a1e900$a401280a@phx.gbl, "Joe"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have a client that wants to install a new Win2k3
> network. They have many Win98 machines and some Macs.
> Their Mac versions are OS7 - OSX. My question is, will
> all these version of the macs be able to connect to the
> Windows 2003 Services for Mac Shares or are they going to
> have problems? Thank you for your help.

Hi Joe!

Yes, all of your Macs can connect. Your System 7 through Mac OS 9 machines
will require you to install File Services for Macintosh, which you can do
through the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel. Check the electronic Help in
Windows 2003 for how to do this.

Your Mac OS X machines can connect via either AFP, which means it will use
the File Services for Macintosh, or SMB, which is the Unix version of
Windows file sharing. I suggest you connect via AFP if you plan to share
files between your various Mac clients. Sharing files between Macs connected
via different file sharing protocols can cause headaches (but shouldn't lose
data).

Hope this helps! bill 

-- 
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP)
A great resource for Mac OS X deployment
http://www.macosxlabs.org

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