[Macinsloan] Question regarding sloannt1

[John Harthorne]

To whom it may concern,

I have done a fair amount of research and have started a mailing list  
for Macintosh users (macinsloan) so that we can remain independent of  
the Sloan support system, but I have one request that would make our  
lives much easier without disrupting Windows users.

Mac users are unable to mount \\sloannt1\courses because of a  
configuration setting on the server. This server appears to be  
running Windows Server 2003, and is configured to refuse SMB  
connections unless they are encrypted. Encryption is not yet part of  
the SMB standard, and is therefore not supported by Macs. The other  
server we use at sloan (\\sloanfiles\) does not require encrypted SMB  
connections, and is accessible to Mac users.

Is it possible to configure the \\sloannt1\ server to match the other  
server and accept unencrypted SMB traffic?

If so, here is the procedure:

1) From Administrative Tools, open Domain Controller Security Settings.
  Go to Local Policies then Security Options.
2) Scroll down to find the entry Microsoft network server: Digitally  
sign communications (always). Set this to Disabled.
3) The only thing left to do is to reload the security policy, as  
changes don’t otherwise take effect for some time. Open up a command  
window and type:     gpupdate

Please let me know if this is not possible, or if it doesn't work.

Thank you in advance for your time.

- John Harthorne
MBA 2007
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