Comments on: Automounting SBS Shares on a Macintosh

By: Q

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:51:37 +0000

The only time I’ve seen a “wrong username or password” error when the correct username and password is being used is when SMB is not set properly on the server the Mac is trying to connect to. This assumes, of course, that the server running Exchange is a DC and/or a member of the domain. Check the post that talks about disabling SMB signing and make sure you have a GPO in place that disables SMB signing for the entire domain. It’s possible that SMB signing may have been turned off manually on the 2000 DC and not the 2003 server running Exchange.

-Q

By: John M

John M — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:56:07 +0000

I have a 2000 Primary Domain Controller, and a 2003 Exchange and File Server.
I can get connected to the 2000 server, authenticate, see and connect to the shares.
But, when I try the same info to connect to the 2003 shares, I get wrong user name or password. Same Domain.
Ideas?

By: Q

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:40:50 +0000

Verify that you are using the domain\username format of the AD account when logging on to the Mac. In the setups I have done, this has worked flawlessly.

One item to note – if the local account name on the Mac is the same as the account name on the domain (i.e., jondough on the Mac and domain\jondough in AD) you will not be able to log in to AD from the Mac. I did not notice this until I changed the password on the domain account (both accounts had the same password up until that point) and it refused to log me in. After a little digging, I realized that though I thought I was logging in with AD credentials, I had been logging in with local credentials.

Easiest way to test is to log in on the Mac with a different AD account name (preferably a user that has not logged on to that Mac before) and try setting up the automount that way.

Just a hunch…

By: egedra

egedra — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:31:39 +0000

Is there special configuration needed to have shares automatically pass AD credintials to SMB shares. I have tried adding 10.4 Macs to the domain, and they work fine for logging onto the machine, but once I try to access a share it ask for credentials again. Of course I just enter the same credentials that I used to login to the machine (and into the domain) and it works. What is the deal?

By: Harlan Lax

Harlan Lax — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 12:57:20 +0000

Great tip. Its been really annoying not having that functionality.

By: Amy Babinchak

Amy Babinchak — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 14:50:42 +0000

Thanks Eriq! My MAC knowledge is pretty rusty. It’s was 7.X and 8.X when I was supporting them nearly full time. Recently a client bought a MAC OS 10.4. I’ve been looking for that check box. Good to know that what I thought I remembered was correct. Now, I’ve tossed that uesless info into the recyclings bin and added the current stuff to my brain.