Samba from Mac OS
- 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
- 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)
- In the Finder choose