Mac OS X Server: Windows Clients Log in via SMB With User Short Name

To connect to Mac OS X Server via SMB, a Microsoft Windows client must log in with a "User name" that matches the user Short Name as defined in Mac OS X Server.
Symptom

Though your Windows user "Full name" matches your Name on Mac OS X Server, attempted SMB connections to the server from the Windows client fail.


Solution

Connect to the server using your Short Name as defined in your user profile in Mac OS X Server (see Figure 1).




Figure 1 Windows user information (left) and Mac OS X Server user information (right)

In Figure 1, the Windows "User Name" is not the same as the Mac OS X Server Short Name. Even though the user's Windows "Full name" matches his Mac OS X Server Name, he is unable to connect. He would need to change his Windows "User name" to "jacobb" to match the Mac OS X Server Short Name.
Published Date: Feb 17, 2012