Mac OS X 10.2.8 to Windows Server 2003

The error message stands for this:

short "aftUserNotAuth"

long: No AFPLogin call has successfully been made for this session"

Can I ask what you are typing in Connect to Server and also if AFP sharing is on on the Win2k3 server.

We are currently typing at the Connect to Server screen and typing smb://localhost/data

Any thoughts?

We are currently typing at the Connect to Server screen and typing smb://localhost/data

Why are you using "localhost" ?
You would normally enter the IP address of the server there instead of "localhost".

I know little about this but the other thing I notice is that according to Raven, the message is related to AFP whereas you are trying to connect via SMB. Maybe the server isn't set up to allow access via SMB - try using afp:// instead of smb://

Also, try to put in the server's IP address instead of the server name... If it works like that, it means you actually are looking at a DNS issue as well where the serve name doesn't resolve properly to the server IP.

We had the same issue connecting to 2003. There was some obscure value we had to set in the 2003 security policy to allow it to connect. Can't remeber off the top of my head what it was, though.

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edit: found it... Googled for [windows 2003 server samba mount policy]

and got http://www.macwindows.com/Win2003.html#092303

"So what you need to do is go into the Local Policy for XP Pro, or the Domain Policy for Win 2003 Server (which is basically XP server), and change the policy named Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (always) to disabled. There is also one for server, I would disable that as well. You MUST reboot for the changes to take effect. Or you can stop and start some services which isn't as reliable, to me."