Personal File Sharing Conundrum
Becky Carter Hickman-Jones
server of sorts, and it's always on. Another is a Powerbook which is
used as needed. The third is my main computer, an iMac DV 400 MHz G3
running 10.3.2. I turned Personal File Sharing on for this computer, as
I always want to be able to connect to the "file server." This setting,
however, never stays on. Whenever I restart my computer, file sharing
is disabled, and I have to restart file sharing manually. It doesn't
matter that I lock these settings with the lock in the lower lefthand
corner of the settings window. I am the one and only user of this
computer; there is only one user account.
So, what's going on here? Why won't file sharing stay turned on?
I would appreciate any advice,
Beck
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Becky Carter Hickman-Jones <bc...@bigscaryanimal.org> wrote:
> I have a couple of computers networked together. One of them is a file
> server of sorts, and it's always on. Another is a Powerbook which is
> used as needed. The third is my main computer, an iMac DV 400 MHz G3
> running 10.3.2. I turned Personal File Sharing on for this computer, as
> I always want to be able to connect to the "file server." This setting,
> however, never stays on. Whenever I restart my computer, file sharing
> is disabled, and I have to restart file sharing manually. It doesn't
> matter that I lock these settings with the lock in the lower lefthand
> corner of the settings window. I am the one and only user of this
> computer; there is only one user account.
>
> So, what's going on here? Why won't file sharing stay turned on?
>
> I would appreciate any advice,
> Beck
This may be an example one of the few cases where repairing permissions
(from Disk Utility) really fixes the problem; try it.
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Johan W. Elzenga
> I have a couple of computers networked together. One of them is a file
> server of sorts, and it's always on. Another is a Powerbook which is
> used as needed. The third is my main computer, an iMac DV 400 MHz G3
> running 10.3.2. I turned Personal File Sharing on for this computer, as
> I always want to be able to connect to the "file server." This setting,
> however, never stays on. Whenever I restart my computer, file sharing
> is disabled, and I have to restart file sharing manually. It doesn't
> matter that I lock these settings with the lock in the lower lefthand
> corner of the settings window. I am the one and only user of this
> computer; there is only one user account.
>
> So, what's going on here? Why won't file sharing stay turned on?
That is not normal behavior. Perhaps the preferences got corrupt
somehow. They should be in your /Library/Preferences folder. Trash them,
restart and trun on file sharing to see if that helps.
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with the Directory Access app. I didn't know about this in Panther and
filesharing setup was problematic until I was clued in.
Otherwise, trash your preferences as others have suggested.
Becky Carter Hickman-Jones
individually, but none of them solved my problem. I repaired
permissions and restarted. I trashed the preferences
(com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist) and restarted. And AppleTalk is
enabled in the Directory Access app. Still, Personal File Sharing does
not remain enabled upon restart. It's odd, though, Print Sharing does
remain enabled no matter what. Did I choose the correct preference file
to trash?
Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Beck
In article <070220041509086769%bc...@bigscaryanimal.org>, Becky Carter
Acid Pooh
I'm having a similar problem, but I think I tracked down the cause.
Are you putting your computer to sleep or restarting while it's
connected to an AFS share? Or when another computer is connected to
it? I'm not exactly sure if this is the cause, but it's the only
relevant thing I do which I can think of.
'cid 'ooh
Acid Pooh
> individually, but none of them solved my problem. I repaired
> permissions and restarted. I trashed the preferences
> (com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist) and restarted. And AppleTalk is
> enabled in the Directory Access app. Still, Personal File Sharing does
> not remain enabled upon restart. It's odd, though, Print Sharing does
> remain enabled no matter what. Did I choose the correct preference file
> to trash?
>
> Any other suggestions?
Regarding my previous post... there is another possibility. Do you
have AirPort set up? Do you switch between AirPort and your ethernet
connection? As I just found out, you can only have AppleTalk running
from one port, so turning it on for your ethernet connection disables
AirPort from using it. (And vice-versa.) Does anyone know if there
is a fix for this? (i.e. a way to make Panther automatically switch
which port is running AppleTalk which depends on which port is
actually connected to a LAN?)
Thanks
'cid 'ooh
Becky Carter Hickman-Jones
disconnect myself from any connected computers before I put the machine
to sleep or before I shut it down. Sometimes I forget, though. As for
Airport, I only have an ethernet connection on the iMac. The Powerbook
has an Airport card, but it doesn't have this problem.
Beck
In article <d7ba1f79.04020...@posting.google.com>, Acid Pooh
<pooh...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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I had the same irritating problem and much the same set-up as you.
After much messing about, I did some research on the Apple discussion
lists and a fix was posted just recently by Tim N. just a few weeks
ago.
Have a look at his post at
http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?5...@69.JCgsaN5EfhM.1@.688e03a3
Briefly, he found the following will get Personal File Sharing to stay
fixed.
1. Access system Preferences - Network
Put Airport at the top of the list of configurations
2. Confugure the Mac to access a particular network - not automatic
3. Enable personal file sharing. Wait until it sets to 'on'. If you've
already set it, turning it off, then on again might be a good idea
4. Restart. Go to System prefs and it should still be on.
See his details, they are much clearer than the above.
Good luck
I've found these discussion lists at the Apple site to be very helpful
and informative. Have a browse through them.
BTW - Love the BTVS quote - it promped me to get this info for you.
Cheers
David
On 2004-02-09 14:52:11 +1100, Becky Carter Hickman-Jones
Becky Carter Hickman-Jones
Thanks for the tip, and sorry for the delay, but my iMac doesn't have
an Airport card, and thus, cannot follow your instructions. My Pismo
does, and did follow your instructions, and it's a good thing. I'm
getting in the habit of launching System Preferences whenever I turn
the iMac on. It's not that bad, I guess. :)
Cheers,
Beck
In article <2004021021175558955%mckinlay@nospamdotcomdotau>, David
McKinlay <mcki...@nospamdotcomdot.au> wrote:
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