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Samba from Mac OS

  1. The password has to be sent in plaintext (unencrypted):
    • Create a text file with name nsmb.conf
    • It should contain:
      [default]
      minauth=none
    • Copy the file to /etc. You need to be super user:
      sudo mv nsmb.conf /etc/
    • Restart the computer
  2. Connect to the share (mount the share):
    • In the Finder choose
      Go -> Connect to Server
    • In the Server Address field type
      smb://smbhome.it.uu.se/share
      Replace share with your unix user name (if you want to connect to your own home folder on the file server) or name of a samba share (which is a mapping of one of the server's folders - contact systems support if you don't know which one to use)
    • Follow the onscreen instructions to type your unix account name and unix account password (if you don't have a unix account, please contact systems support)
Updated  2014-05-13 13:44:54 by Karolina Malm Holmgren.