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Unfortunately it doesnt work for time machine. The same NAS (WD Sharespace 4TB) in my case, now lets me use afp (after this workaround) with user shares, but not with the WD_Backup share that Time Machine Uses. Very odd. It seems the NAS must support some new version of afp. Anyone any ideas?

Same for the WDLive Nas

Thx

Great post, thank you so much.  I almost threw away my Buffalo NAS Linkstation after getting the error message !!!

You Made my Day. Thank you

It worked great for my Promise SmartStor NS4600.
Thanks!

It worked great for the “Promise SmartStor NS4600″.
Thanks a lot!

It worked great for the “Promise SmartStor NS4600″.
Thanks a lot!

ho to udo this all? make all to defaults? thx

Thanks a lot for sharing this. I can now access my “WD My Book Word Edition”, however I cannot backup with Time Machine, I get this message:

“The network backup disk does not support the required AFP features.”

yes in step 1 and 3 are must hit enter after every line (command). There are two commands in step 1 and 3

Thank you very much for this. It works on my WD My Book World Edition NAS drive.

WORKS!! Thank you very much

Nice…thanks for the instruction.  You saved my life!

This workaround did not fix the AFP error message with my 300M Wireless N Gigabit RouterModel No. TL-WR1043N / TL-WR1043ND + attached usb hard drive: “Das Backup-Volume im Netzwerk unterstützt die notwendigen AFP-Funktionen nicht.”

I connect to this drive via smb.

I’m a bit confused, doesn’t seemed to have resolved with a Buffalo Linkstation Live

The workaround works fine for a Buffalo LinkStaion Pro Duo (FW 1.43) too.

Thanks for this post. So far, it has been head & shoulders more informative than AppleCare was. The concern I have though, is that I am still able to connect to my Iomega NAS drive (2TB Home Media Network Drive) to access my media (music, movies, TV shows, etc.) using Lion. I am just not able to connect to it using Time Machine as I was able to before I upgraded from Snow Leopard. My question to you is, if I follow your instructions, should I be able to connect to the Iomega drive to back up using Time Machine without losing the ability to connect to the rest of my media? Thanks!

When I enter the following command line I get the following message:
 “Cleartxt Passwrd” “MS2.0″ “2-Way Randnum exchange”-bash: “Cleartxt: command not found
Any thoughts on what is happening?

thanks a lot man! it works for me!!!!!
WD MyBook World Edition

Thanks a LOT Works for me with a WD Mybook Wolrd Edition

Nach Eingabe aller Kommandos unverändert keine Verbindung zur Linkstation. SMB wird garnicht mehr unterstützt?

Tried it but my Iomega Home Media Network drive still won’t work with time machine but now won’t allow me to log on as a user.  When I click on connect it just boots me off.

So how do I reverse this?

Excellent! I can now connect to our Netgear ReadyNAS Duo

Awesome!! Thanks so much!! Working with FreeNAS 0.7.2 Sabanda (revision 5543)

Great – it works!
Thank-you
CJ

Works like a charm on Lion. Thanks for sharing!

If anyone should experience problems accessing a Synology Disk Station 211+ (or similar) from OS X Lion, try the following:
1) Open Safari2) Enter in the address line: smb://192.168.x.x (corresponding to your local NAS IP address)3) Log in as adminThis should grant you access to mount all folders from your NAS.
/Kasper

Thanks Kevin

Connection works to MyBookWorld only via Finder. Timemachine says: 

Didn’t work for me and my Buffalo LS Duo.

No luck with LinkStation Live (FW 1.43)

Hat bei mir nicht geklappt. Vielleicht mache ich was falsch.

Nach der ersten Zeile steht Password: Was soll ich dort machen? Bitte um Hilfe.

Thanks! Now I am again connected with my Buffalo LinkStation Mini LS-WSXL/R1 and iMac using Lion!!! Thanks!

I too have a MyBookWorld, and yes, you will get the same error message, but in the background the full preferences file is created.  Just continue on with the next steps and it should work.  It did with my MyBookWorld.

nope – not working for me  how can i tell that the full preferences file is created?

nope – not working for me  how can i tell that the full preferences file is created?

Great link Alexander, thanks guys.

However, sorry if this is a stupid question but will this method work for SMB? I can’t see to understand; the page’s title mentions SMB but the solution seems as if it’s only for AFP?

This is quite a pain; my Mac is happy making Time Machine backups to Windows, no problem; I don’t wish to lose this at the moment. Sigh!

Thanks again

This worked perfectly with my LaCia d2 Network NAS – thank you very much!

Thanks dude. Awesome. I was about to “uninstall” Lion till I read and implemented you instructions. Cheers!

I activated the root user via the directory utility and entered “sudo chmod o+w /Library/Preferences” in the terminal. When prompted to enter the root password I got the reply “Sorry, try again”. What is going wrong? Can somebody help me out?

I figured out one thing. In the terminal I’m at /Library/Preferences/ .
If I do:
“defaults read ./com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_disabled_uams”
I get:
“The domain/default pair of (./com.apple.AppleShareClient, afp_disabled_uams) does not exist”
If I do the same command as su (sudo) I get:
“(
    “Cleartxt PasswrdMS2.02-Way Randnum exchange”
)”

So this might be a permission problem. May someone who got this working post its permission for the c.a.ASC.plist and .plist.lockfile?
That would be very kind!
Thanks

my iomega storcenter ix 2 200 is still not available for time machine, no matter what I do.

Synology has a DSM 3.2 beta vailable on their site. I’m running it and it works..even with Time Machine. 

YOu are awesome. I wish I could write it in your language. Many thanks. WD should pay you.

not sure why – but it worked finally  thanks for your help!

Thank you so much for posting this!  My LG NAS didn’t have any support for the enhanced security and it was becoming a big problem for me.  Ran through your instructions and everything is working perfectly. Danke shön!

Hi,
not work https://. I don’t know – what is problem. Yesterday install Lion and is problem. Http:// work fine.
Please help me. 

I get the same error… How to solve this?

Does not work on my Commodore 64. But works great on my Lion 10.7.0

Thanks so much for this! It works for my Linkstation LS-QVL! 

tried it – but only to see a different error message. 
Before I received the error message shown at the top of this post and now my MBA/Time Machine seems to connect and Time Machine is accepting the choice of backup volume and showing the login window and accepting the password etc. But when TimeMachine starts to backup the following error message pops up: (see pic attached)

Any suggestion, ideas how to regain this much needed functionality?

Thanks for the work around. Works great with Iomega Media Store.

Works perfect for the Synology DS-106e.

works on WD MyBook World edition — thank you!

Hi Can anybody please explain exacty the command lines to GET BACK to the original setting? I am not knowledgable in commands in  Terminal, and I see four command lines to turn on DHCAST128 but only one command line to switch it back. Will any of the other command lines also be needed? Please explain, because I think that once the NAS suppliers has upgraded we need to go back to Apples in tended setup.
Thanks. P-H

I followed the instructions precisely (and tried and tried…).

It did alter the com.apple.AppleShareClient Original.plist file by adding the following:

afp_disabled_uams array 6 ordered objects
0   string    “Cleartxt
1   string   Passwrd”
2   string   “MS2.0?
3   string   “2-Way
4   string   Randnum
5   string   exchange”

looks like the command works the way it was intended but still cannot connect to an old afp server.

any other ideas?

PHP, Thanx for the very fast response. i erased all shortcuts/aliases, restarted the server restarted the desktop. i still cannot get to the old snapserver on the lan. on snow leopard, it was easy, just change two lines in the com.apple.appleshareclient.plist file.

any other suggestions out there???

Thanks a lot, it worked just fine on my Synology Diskstation!!!

Thanks Alexander. You have saved my day and data.

Worked for me on Buffalo LinkStation Live v2. It didn’t the first time I tried, but probably because I didn’t do the steps EXACTLY as specified. Also, it’s important to replace the ‘curly quote marks’ in the original with straight ones (which I think this blog substitutes automatically).

Hi, schade das ich es mit meinem CH3HNAS leider nicht hinbekomme. Hat einer vielleicht noch einen anderen Trick? Ich verzweifele schon langsam.
Danke Markus

this still didn’t work on my GOFLEX Home drive

SUPER – PUPPER!!!
everything works on MyBookWorld. Thank you!

Hello

The commands didn’t seem to do anything for me. I pasted “sudo chmod o+w /Library/Preferences defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_host_prefs_version -int 1″
into Terminal, re-started. Connect to the afp server. I didn’t past this as I have no idea what bit I’m supposed to paste.
“sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_disabled_uams -array “Cleartxt Passwrd” “MS2.0″ “2-Way Randnum exchange”
sudo chmod o-w /Library/Preferences”I’ve given up on Lion and downgraded, actually, going all the wake back to Leopard before these multiple upgrades. I wiped the Lion partition and installed Leopard from scratch and then re-installed a Leopard back-up, but I now seem to be completely unable to access Mybook world at all. It’s definitely on and working and it has the latest firmware, but the ethernet connection just sits there “connecting” but doing nothing.

This Lion upgrade has been a complete nightmare. Anything I need to do to reverse the terminal commands above?

Hello,
I followed the workaround with a LG-NAS. Following I could see the server again.
But by launching Time Machine on it, I received following failure: Time Machine Error, no  saving – “the network storage disc do not support the required AFP functionalities.”
Can somebody help?
Thx,
Werner

it works, thankyou

Does anyone have any comments or tips on my problem with Mybook world, below? I’ve gone back to Leopard. Although I see mybook world in my finder, it won’t connect from Finder Sidebar. If I use the ‘connect to’, then AFP won’t connect but SMB will and then when it does, I see the ‘Configuration’ folder, which I’ve never seen before and lots of random folders like this “_VJDGT~V”. Also, when I launch iphoto (which on Mybook world), the ‘Events’ appear but none of the content or previews. How do I undo the commands above, as that seems to be the only change that’s happened and despite erasing Lion and re-installing Leopard, I can’t connect to MBW.

Thanks

no go for me…. using an AFP share on a slack ware linux server

mine either, nothing changed, still not working (TS-410). we must wait for new firmware 3.5, coming soon as I checked

Thanks a lot for this tip. My LinkStation LS-WSGL now works again. Buffallo don’t give a firmware update for my Version.

Hello there,

Many thanks for your great article. I am a newbie to Mac and things Unix so have had some problems with Lion and my NAS Drive…

I have run the scripts above which allows me to access the NAS D-Link DNS 320 Raid 1 hard disks. However, I am still unable to use Time Machine with this solution… is this correct? Or should I be able to use Time Machine with my NAS now???

When I run Time Machine, the error has changed to: “The network backup disk does not support the required AFP features. Open Time Machine preferences to select a different backup disk.”

Please help…

Kind regards, Mark

Thanks man worked great with my LaCie D2!!!

Thank you everyone for the posts. I have tried everything suggested but no luck connecting to an old SnapServer. I even reinstalled Lion and edited the .plist file using some variations.

Please keep the posts coming and maybe the rest of us will achieve some good results.

I love you. That worked great.

Hi I have Home Media Netword drive to, and I still cannot use Time Machine. Does anyone have any ideas?

Good one.. Worked on an ix2-200 after a couple of false tries.. Thanks a ton!

I download the latest firmware from synology.  I am trying to revert the setting which I follow from here but end up mess up all kind of connection to my NAS.  Is there a way where I can clear everything in the connect to function and redo the whole thing?  I am using another mac I have and connect through AFP and it is working fine so it is something to do with the changes I make after I follow the above instruction.  Please help.

Workfed fine to me on MyBookWorld II!!!

Thanks, works fine…:-)

Doesn’t work for my FANTEC MR-35DRN NAS. Continue to show the popup box where says that i don’t have permission to see content of the folder… 

Since all my work is backed up to the NAS server, i have 2 solutions: FTP access or re-install Snow Leopard. Damn you Apple.  

Ich hatte keine Ahnung was die vershiedende Kommandos tat aber es hat funktioniert Ich bin neu auf mac. Vielen dank Darfur. Zur information ich habe ein DS209j und ein Macbook air.

Works for me!!!! Thank you so much!
I have an Iomega StorCenter ix2.

Has anyone tried this on DNS-323

WORKS! Awesome, thank you so much

is there a way to reverse this or go back to the original settings? It worked great but I have to connect to the server each time I restart. Let me know, thanks for the help

It did not work for me in 10.7.2 with an iomega ix2-200 (tried it a couple times)

But….. Time Machine is still not working under Lion

Okay I’m not sure I am doing this correct.  I did the first set of commands but I also did the last set by the “Note” to disable “DHCAST128″  Am I suppose to do both?  I am asking because it’s not working for my Buffalo TeraServer which it appears others got theirs to work. 

If I was not suppose to do the last command. How do I re-enable “DHCAST128″?

Thanks for this, it work very well buddy! One question tho, will the spotlight indexing still work with this work around? Awesome howto!

You are fabulous. It worked like a charm on my LG NAS N2B1

Wheres your Flattr Button!? Thanks for this Workaround- saved my ass!

Thank you! Works very well

do you have a solution already

Thank you very much for the post! I unsuccessfully tried to follow similar instructions from another friend with the same trouble. Your approach nailed it!!

I have a similar problem but something different and I wonder if the solution proposed here will work for me, the message I get is like this. Tell me please if I can do as your advice?
Thanks

There was a problem connecting to the server “xx.xxx.xxx.xxx”.
The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again.

It worked! With afp… but not with smb. But afp is fine for me Thank you!

Dear Alex 1st of all thanks for the solution that you provide, and i was having Mac Os X Lion 10.7.2 and also I Do have WDsharespace 4TB, I use it to Time machine backups, And now i can access the WD “smb://wdsharespace” and access datas, but time machine i can’t connect. please help me, i’m stuck with this,

Hey there! So I’m having the same problem with my MyBook WD Hard Drive. Entering in that command code in Terminal prompts a warning message about how I may lose my data and I don’t want to continue forward as I cannot lose anything I have backed up!
Do you have any advice for what I should do? Thank you!

I’m having a problem. When it asked for the password, I can’t type. Why is that?

Das Backup-Volume im Netzwerk unterstützt die notwendigen AFP-Funktionen nicht.

Was nun ?

it worked!
w00t!

I have the same problem, can anybody help pls???

okay, wd my world disk firmware update, and time machine ins fine:-)

Vielen Dank für diesen hilfreichen Beitrag! Nach einem Update hat sich die Einstellung verflüchtigt und die NAS verschwand aus dem Finder. Zugang lässt sich so wiederherstellen.

Vielen Dank!
this enabled me to see my Iomega NAS on Mountain Lion – after upgrading to ML yesterday the NAS was not visible form OSX but was visible from a windows VM running on Parallels 7.
However Time Machine sees the NAS but won’t run…. yet.

Unter 10.8.2 scheint diese Möglichkeit nicht mehr zu funktionieren. Was kann man da machen? DANKE!

Thank you thank you thank you! Happy Holidays;)