10.3: A fix for post-upgrade Windows login issues

Feb 03, '04 11:02:00AM

Contributed by: ellispritchard

We upgraded a machine at work from 10.1 to Pather, and tried to enable Windows sharing for the first time. Although everything seemed to be set up properly (SMB enabled in Directory Access, Windows sharing set in the Network preferences), we couldn't login to our existing accounts from a Windows machine. After scanning the Web and Help files, we finally came up with the solution.

The Tip is to change the password for any existing accounts for which you want to enable logins from a Windows machine; this will create the necessary associations to allow the user to access via Samba. This is mentioned in the Help files, but you need to look really hard! :)

New accounts set up after Panther was installed should work straight away.

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