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ph0ust · Mar 17, 2003, 01:23 PM

hello. i am having a hell of a time trying to log into my win xp machine so i can transfer some files and get rid of the thing! thus far i have been unable to get my mac to authenticate to the win box no matter what method i try.

the only thing that gets close is that i now have the mac plugged directly into my pc nic. this let's me see my pc in the connect to server window. when i select the pc from the window i get the "smb/cifs filesystem authentication" box where it contains my workgroup/domain, username and password fields. when i input the username and password, however, i get the "error = -36" unable to connect to smb message.

i have looked up everything i can find and read an os x book all to no avail! someone please help me get rid of my damned win xp ball and chain!

Wet Jimmy · Mar 19, 2003, 10:00 PM

Which version of OSX are you using?

Mizuymikal · Mar 20, 2003, 02:22 PM

Try this link:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107096.
Hope that it helps.

ph0ust · Mar 20, 2003, 05:44 PM

this turned out to be some issue with xp that hosed it's ability to allow remote logins. ftp'd everything in the end, so it's all done now.... no more pc.

ghporter · Mar 20, 2003, 09:46 PM

Congratulations! It's a sad thing, but XP is really a great Windows OS. Too bad there are so many bells and whistles that get between the user and what the user wants to get done. I have a couple of PCs running XP, and it's beaten the crap out of all the other Windows versions I've used. It is more secure than anything too, which is why ph0ust had problems; XP is closed down by default, and it's hard to tell when you've opened anything up, so there isn't a good indication that something's wrong when you can't connect.

If you have to use a PC, I recommend XP over all other Windows versions, including Win2K. XP has the whole NT kernel base that 2K does, but it runs faster, is more flexible and at least as robust. It is much more secure than any MacOS version, and I can see the day when Macs are more common in the workplace and they become targets for hackers for that reason. Rats! Now I'm all bummed! Apple, are you listening? We need more built in security for MacOS! Selectable security that the user can configure for his or her own uses. Ok, I'm done now; put down the fire hoses, and tell the asylum guys they can go home.

ph0ust · Mar 21, 2003, 10:57 AM

Originally posted by GHPorter:
Congratulations! It's a sad thing, but XP is really a great Windows OS. Too bad there are so many bells and whistles that get between the user and what the user wants to get done. I have a couple of PCs running XP, and it's beaten the crap out of all the other Windows versions I've used. It is more secure than anything too, which is why ph0ust had problems; XP is closed down by default, and it's hard to tell when you've opened anything up, so there isn't a good indication that something's wrong when you can't connect.

If you have to use a PC, I recommend XP over all other Windows versions, including Win2K. XP has the whole NT kernel base that 2K does, but it runs faster, is more flexible and at least as robust. It is much more secure than any MacOS version, and I can see the day when Macs are more common in the workplace and they become targets for hackers for that reason. Rats! Now I'm all bummed! Apple, are you listening? We need more built in security for MacOS! Selectable security that the user can configure for his or her own uses. Ok, I'm done now; put down the fire hoses, and tell the asylum guys they can go home.

i agree and disagree with this. xp is a pretty good operating system; my biggest complaint is that it dumbs things down so much that it is harder for someone who knows how to harden an os- you have to go deeper into the places they started hiding things. also, xp is FAR from secure. it still has default shares out of the box, everything known to man turned on, and more.

i have yet to become intimately familiar with os x security (learning that now), but they are off to a *great* start with turning many services off, no default sharing and required authentication in order to access pretty much anything. that alone goes a lot further than xp.

all in all, i like both operating systems. i am only a week into os x, so perhaps i will write up my thoughts after a month or two. let's hope i can de-program myself from windows logic, which has already been the source of much frustration!

because of work i will always be a windows user, but i am pretty stoked to be on the other side of the fence as well