Lindsay Robertson wrote: > Hi, I feel like a plonker, but I cant work this out. > > I installed sharity, on my Mac OSX box and checked it out using the free > demo mode. It's great so I applied for and got the 20 client educational > institute licence, deleted the stored mount and entered the licence code. > Now I cant get it to work again... > > Yep, I forgot to save the config files, but how do I get it to browse again? > I've uninstalled, and reinstalled, to no avail.
This is not necessarily your fault. Browsing works like this: Sharity knows the workgroup/domain name. For each workgroup or domain, there must be a browse server in your network segment which holds the list of servers. Sharity broadcasts the workgroup name, asking for the browse server. The browse server should answer with its IP address. Sharity then connects to this browse server and retrieves the list of servers. Browsing does NOT work if either your workgroup/domain name is wrong or if there is no browse server available. Assuming that you have spelt the workgroup/domain name correctly, we have to concentrate on the browse server. This machine is elected automatically among all computers running a CIFS/SMB server. If the browse server is powered down, a new one should be elected. You see: Browsing depends on the existence of a browse server. Whether one exists or not may change over time as people power their workstations on or off. To be on the safe side, there should ALWAYS be at least one Windows 98/ME/2000/XP or Samba machine in your network segment. You can enforce this by installing Samba on your own machine, but you have to configure it correctly (allow it to become master browser for your workgroup/domain). Regards, Christian. PS: Sharity is not compatible (or at least not guaranteed to be compatible) with more exotic CIFS browse servers such as AppleShare IP or FacetWin. If you have one of these servers in your local network segment, it should be configured so that it does NOT become the browse server. -- Dipl.-Ing. Christian Starkjohann Objective Development mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.obdev.at/ _______________________________________________ Sharity-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe see http://at.obdev.at/mailman/listinfo/sharity-talk
