Symptom
When you choose Sleep from the Special menu an alert box with this message appears:
"Putting the computer to sleep will cause you to lose some network services, including file servers. Check your connections in the Chooser next time you wake the Macintosh."
When the computer wakes up:
- The previously available servers are no longer on the desktop.
- An alert box with this message appears: "File server's connection unexpectedly closed"
- An AppleShare Server Messages log appears on the desktop.
You must then reconnect to the server(s) that were available before sleep.
Note: This issue should only occur on the computers listed below.
Macintosh Manager
Macintosh Manager clients disconnected while logged on to their server cannot reconnect upon waking.
Important: Customers who encounter this issue may lose unsaved changes to work, since the Macintosh Manager client is not connected to the Documents volume in this situation.
Solution
The best time to put a Macintosh Manager client computer to sleep is when it is logged off, not during a Macintosh Manager session.
As a workaround, administrators may set the option to automatically log out idle users. To locate this feature in the Macintosh Manager admin application, click the Computers tab then look in the Security pane.
Important: For this workaround to have the desired effect, the time value set in Macintosh Manager for idle users must be less than what has been defined in the client computer's individual Energy Saver control panels for "Put the system to sleep whenever it's inactive for."
You should only set Macintosh Manager to log out the idle users, not to lock the screen.
Notes
1. The parenthetical product description (Summer 2000) refers to the summer of the Northern Hemisphere.