smbclient works but Finder doesn't

[Shrp]

I can access SMB-signed shares on a Windows 2003 Server with the 'smbclient' on my PowerBook running Tiger, but only with the 'smbclient' command from Terminal. Is there a way I can access these from Finder?

The following command works:

/usr/bin/smbclient -U (domain)/(username) //(server)/(share)

I can see the files, and apparently FTP back and forth. I would just like to be able to map this drive from within Finder. I try the following:

From Finder on a Mac, I select "Go... Go to Folder" and try going to the
following server addresses:
cifs://servername/folder
or:
smb://servername

But:
It asks me to log on, I type a valid password and it results in the
error:
"Could not connect to the server because the name or password is not
correct."

This will work fine with Windows servers that do not have SMB-signing
turned on. Repeated Google searches have shown that this is a common
problem, and the only solution I've seen is to turn the signing off.
This is unacceptable.

Thanks!

 

[mrn]

Take a look at this

http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-52348.html

Mike

"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."

http://www.airport-parking-site.co.uk/

 

[Shrp]

Very informative link, and I've tried many of the same things. However, they seem to come to the conclusion to disable signing on the Windows server, and I feel that's a step backwards.

Does anyone have luck installing Mac samba client using Fink or DarwinPorts (or from source)?

I'll turn the signing on from the Windows side as a last resort (and I'll be there soon).

Thanks!

 

[Zelandakh]

You turn it off in fact. Done it many times and it works a charm.

 

[Shrp]

err... turn it off, that's what I meant

I have no doubt that works - it's just not the way we all should prefer to get it working.

Thanks!

 

[mrn]

Been having a look round

There is apparently a bug in 2003
search technet.microsoft.com for the article that
describe the 2003 bug where it will not honor the enc_type
requested by the client and always used rc4-hmac.

To prove try

smbclient //shared/directory -W workgroup -U username -d4

The -d4 prints logs of the steps of the connection



Mike

"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."

http://www.airport-parking-site.co.uk/

 

[Shrp]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833708/

Is this the article? A hotfix is apparently available from Microsoft for this.

Thanks!!