Mac on Windows 2003 Domain

[Phandalyon]

Hello Macheads.

We just installed a server where I work. We are running Windows 2003 SBS. We have everyone connected to the domain except for our 2 diehard Mac users. Now to clarify, I like macs, but I have never taken the time to learn much about them. We are having a heck of a time connecting to shared printers and other domain objects with these 2 macs. Can any of you provide any pointers for using a Mac in a Windows domain environment? Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated.

 

[zeplar]

MacWindows has a lot of tips. Most important is disabling the requirement for digital signing. Also, we found that it was waaaaay too slow putting user's home directory directly on the server.

 

[Phandalyon]

Great site, thank you. That will help quite a bit. It gives me someplace to start at least.

 

[mrweasel]

smb://servername/share ?

 

[Phandalyon]

smb://servername/share ?

Does that work for printers? We have been able to get to shared files. And we can get to network comuters via jetdirect. But we have a couple of smaller non-network printers that we need for occasional color printing and we can't get to those.

I will play with it a bit when one of the Mac users is inhouse next.

Thanks.