[joe]

I just replaced my old PC notebook with a new 15" Al Powerbook. And I need to be able to log onto our Win2K server. I have a login/password which I use when booting my old PC notebook. Is there a way to use the login and password with Jaguar (10.2.8)? A friend mentioned an app called Dave may solve the problem if I can't do it in Jaguar. Are there other options available as well? thanx.......joe

[Scarpa]

In Finder press Cmd-K (connect to server in one of the menus) and then find your domain in the list on the left. Select it, then find your server in the list on the right. Open that server and then you will be prompted for a Domain/Workgroup, Username and Password. Make sure you put the right domain in or it won't work. After you've authenticated you will get a dialog with a little drop-down menu of available shares. Choose what you want and it will be mounted on your desktop and will be available from Finder windows. Repeat for each additional share you need access to.

Be aware the Mac will leave a hidden file starting with ".__" for every file it touches. This will most likely aggravate your coworkers so clean up after yourself.

[joe]

Originally posted by Scarpa:
In Finder press Cmd-K (connect to server in one of the menus) and then find your domain in the list on the left. Select it, then find your server in the list on the right. Open that

Thanx Scarpa. Unfortuneately, this is as far as I got. I can see the domain name on the left. But when I click on it I just keep getting the spinning arrows (not spinning rainbow) forever. No servers ever show on the right. The network is still up though since I can plug into my old PC notebook and login again. It's a 450MHz P2 running Win98SE. The network neighborhood settings use Microsoft Family Login and Microsoft Client. Network is set to use DHCP. Is there some setting I need to asjust in OSX System Prefs Network settings (or Share settings) to get my new PowerBook to login? My PB ethernet is already set to use DHCP and is getting what seems like a proper address from the server.

Be aware the Mac will leave a hidden file starting with ".__" for every file it touches. This will most likely aggravate your coworkers so clean up after yourself.

My coworkers probabaly wouldn't even notice They spend most of their time in an Oracle app running off the server. Which brings me to my next Q. Have you ever run Oracle in a cross-platform environment? It's not something I have to do with my PowerBook, I just need to get on the LAN to share files and gain access to broadband connection. But if I could get the Oracle app running, it would be a real bonus........joe

[Scarpa]

Originally posted by joe:
Thanx Scarpa. Unfortuneately, this is as far as I got. I can see the domain name on the left. But when I click on it I just keep getting the spinning arrows (not spinning rainbow) forever. No servers ever show on the right.

Are the servers on the same subnet as your Powerbook? You may have to manually enter the ip address of the server in the "connect to" box. I know I have to do it this way when I'm coming in through VPN from home.

Sorry I don't have any Oracle experience at all. We have the vendor do that here and it's all server side.

[joe]

Originally posted by Scarpa:
Are the servers on the same subnet as your Powerbook? You may have to manually enter the ip address of the server in the "connect to" box. I know I have to do it this way when I'm coming in through VPN from home.

My goof here. I had Windows File Sharing turned off. I could swear I had turned that on the 1st time I tried but... With Windows file sharing off you can see the Workgroups (we have many) but not the servers. Manually entering the IP didn't help. But with Win file sharing on all the servers show up on the right. Anyway, very cool how Jag let's you add the login/pw to your keychain for the "SMB" shared volumes.

Sorry I don't have any Oracle experience at all. We have the vendor do that here and it's all server side.

Same here. Except the vendor is located quite a long distance from here. So they only come in to set up the servers, and I set up the clients. This will be our 1st Mac though - can't wait! Thanks again for all your help regards.......joe