Mac OS X 10.5: Some Sharing settings may not be preserved after migration or installation

Issue or symptom

Some Sharing settings may not be preserved when performing an Archive and Install installation of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, or when migrating from a previous version of Mac OS X to Mac OS X 10.5.

This can happen if sharing services such as Remote Login, Windows Sharing, or FTP Access were enabled within the Sharing preferences on the previous system before the Mac OS X 10.5 installation; they will not be enabled in the Mac OS X 10.5 once the migration or installation is complete.

Solution

To re-enable Windows Sharing

1. Open System Preferences
2. Click Sharing
3. Within the list of available services, highlight File Sharing, then click the Options button
4. In the sheet that appears, enable (click the check box next to) "Share files and folders using SMB"

To re-enable any other sharing service

1. Open System Preferences
2. Click Sharing
3. Within the list of available services, enable (check) the "On" box for each service you wish to use