Dautovic

Connecting Mac OS X to a Win 2003 Server

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Samir Dautovic
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Problem:
When the Mac users connect to server, they can see the domain and the server, but the authentication process seems to fail with error: “connecting to smb:/[ip address]. An error occurred (error= -5000)”

Resolution:
Seems like you need to make a registry change on the Windows 2003 box.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanManServer\Parameters

The value of RequireSecuritySignature needs to be changed from ‘1’ to ‘0’.

One note: If this is a domain controller, you will need to set it with the ‘Domain Controller Security Policy’ editor under the ‘Administrative Tools’ Menu. Otherwise it’ll be reset nightly.

You need to go to ‘Security Settings’, ‘Local Policies’, ‘Security Options’. You then need to set the ‘Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications’ to disabled. It is enabled by default.