OS X LION connection error with AFP and workaround
This time i wrote this post in english because i think this workaround will be interesting for a lot of people.
Ok the issue is that i tried to access my QNAP Turbo NAS TS-410 over AFP with OS X LION Developer Preview 2 and got a error message like this one above. I couldn’t login with a registered user on my QNAP NAS box. The guest account worked fine but no chance with a registered one.
So i found a solution and explanation at the Apple Developer Forum. Apple disables support for the „DHCAST128“ in OS X 10.7 LION , which is commonly used by NAS boxes. Apple thinks is it insufficiently secure. So all the Vendors must work with Apple for Lion compatibility.
To turn on „DHCAST128“ support please do the following:
1) Launch /Applications/Utilities/Terminal and do:
sudo chmod o+w /Library/Preferences
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_host_prefs_version -int 1
Now restart your computer.
2) From Finder, select an AFP server, or use „Connect To…“. This will cause the AFP Client to create the full preferences file
3) Launch Terminal again and do:
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
Now restart your computer.Note: To add a „DHCAST128“ to the disable list, use
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_disabled_uams -array-add „DHCAST128“
I tried it at my OS X LION installation an it worked like a charm. I hope that all the Vendors like QNAP, Synology etc. will patch that in future firmware releases.
Unfortunately this will not help with doing time machine backups to AFP drives on Synology DSM — they are missing necessary AFP extensions 🙁
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?
Hey Alex,
hast du zufällig auch eine Idee wie ich das Problem mit einem Windows HomeServer NAS umgehen kann?
Grüße
Same for the WDLive Nas
Worked like a charm for an LG NAS 🙂
Thanks!!
Thx 😉
Thanks … You’re my hero!
Great post, thank you so much. I almost threw away my Buffalo NAS Linkstation after getting the error message !!!
Na geht das noch mit dem GM? Bei mir will es nämlich nicht (Build 11A511)
You Made my Day. Thank you
It worked great for my Promise SmartStor NS4600.
Thanks!
It worked great for my Promise SmartStor NS4600.
Thanks!
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!
It worked great for the „Promise SmartStor NS4600“.
Thanks a lot!
ho to udo this all? make all to defaults? thx
ho to udo this all? make all to defaults? thx
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.“
Do i have to hit enter after every line?
Thank you
yes in step 1 and 3 are must hit enter after every line (command). There are two commands in step 1 and 3
Hallo!
Muss ich nach jeder Zeile Enter drücken?
Danke
Thank you very much for this. It works on my WD My Book World Edition NAS drive.
After that i got a message called „Der Vorgang konnte nicht abgeschlossen werden. (OSStatus-Fehler 2.)“
What does it mean? 😉
WORKS!! Thank you very much
Works great!! Thank you so much! Running: Seagate BlackArmor 2TB NAS
Nice…thanks for the instruction. You saved my life!
After inserting first line „sudo chmod o+w /Library/Preferences“ and hitting ENTER, Terminal asked for a password. Mmh… I do not use a password on my MacBook. Which password is meant? Any hints? Tkx.
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.
Thanks *VERY* much, works like a charm on my DLink DNS-323!
Cheers –Mike
I’m a bit confused, doesn’t seemed to have resolved with a Buffalo Linkstation Live
Thanks very much, I have shared the link of your page in my facebook if you do not mind…
The workaround works fine for a Buffalo LinkStaion Pro Duo (FW 1.43) too.
it would be nice if LS included NFS
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!
Unfortunately this didn’t work on my Western Digital My Book World Edition (1TB) NAS.
As far as I know ( I don’t use the Time Machine function of my NAS) it will not work for Time Machine.
Thx works for synology DS 1511+ as well
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?
Great, worked with LaCie d2 Network 2.. Thanks a lot!
thanks a lot man! it works for me!!!!!
WD MyBook World Edition
Great. Now the Lion roars. And my iOmega iX2 is back again.
Thanks a LOT 🙂 Works for me with a WD Mybook Wolrd Edition
You entered just a piece of a commant, you have to enter the full command:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_disabled_uams -array “Cleartxt Passwrd” “MS2.0″ “2-Way Randnum exchange”
Nach Eingabe aller Kommandos unverändert keine Verbindung zur Linkstation. SMB wird garnicht mehr unterstützt?
not able to get my Iomega IX2 200 to work, because terminal asks for a password, but I don’t use a password….
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?
THANKS SO MUCH!!! My Buffalo Linkstation is back!!
Excellent! I can now connect to our Netgear ReadyNAS Duo
Just want to clarify, the last note: do you do this or not? Reading it gave me the impression that you are disabling DHCAST128 and I thought you do need DHSCAST128?
Awesome!! Thanks so much!! Working with FreeNAS 0.7.2 Sabanda (revision 5543)
Totally out my depth here but would this also address that sort of an error message when trying to connect to a Novell network via afp?
Great – it works!
Thank-you
CJ
work with iMac 21.5 core I3 – LION 10.7
with NAS Lacie Network Space 2 firmware 1.2.9 unlocked with ssh activated
Works like a charm on Lion. Thanks for sharing!
Works for MyBookWorld.
Schönen Dank
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
This does not seem to work with my TeraStation Home Server, does anyone have an idea why?
Thanks Kevin
Hugely helpful. Thanks 🙂
Connection works to MyBookWorld only via Finder. Timemachine says:
habe das selbe Problem! bitte einer melden bei Lösung!
Didn’t work for me and my Buffalo LS Duo.
i made a mistake!
I executed the command from the note to add DHCAST128 to the disable list.
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_disabled_uams -array-add “DHCAST128″
How can I undo it?
DHCAST128 should not be on the disabled list….
No luck with LinkStation Live (FW 1.43) 🙁
Just great!!! I’d have had no clue to find that way around…
Hat bei mir nicht geklappt. Vielleicht mache ich was falsch.
Hat bei mir nicht geklappt. Vielleicht mache ich was falsch.
Nach der ersten Zeile steht Password: Was soll ich dort machen? Bitte um Hilfe.
the password is for the ’sudo‘ command since you are trying to run at root. It should be your login password, but since you don’t use one, try pressing enter
Thanks! Now I am again connected with my Buffalo LinkStation Mini LS-WSXL/R1 and iMac using Lion!!! Thanks!
i can’t get this working on my MyBookWorld. the prefs file doesn’t seem to update. when doing item 2 – is this actually supposed to connect to something? when i run i just get the same error message.
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.
when i run „defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_disabled_uams“ i get this:
( „Cleartxt Passwrd“, „MS2.0“, „2-Way Randnum exchange“, DHCAST128)
does this imply the change has taken effect?
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?
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
does not work with TimeMachine and QNAP TS210. Shares are working fine
This worked perfectly with my LaCia d2 Network NAS – thank you very much!
tried and it is not working on my TS-209 II
Thanks dude. Awesome. I was about to „uninstall“ Lion till I read and implemented you instructions. Cheers!
The change has taken effect, however you also have DHCAST128 disabled, which is what needs to be enabled in order to be able to communicate with the MyBookWorld. DHCAST128 needs to be removed.
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?
Well, I tried it 4 times right now. It still don’t work. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I also tried to „mv /L/P/com.apple.AppleShareClient.plist“ to desktop and „redo“ the whole procedure. Still no success.
The afp-Server is a self-build FreeNAS 8.0.1 BETA4. Guest-account enabled – works. But the registered user doesn’t. Any Idea? Maybe sth. obvius I’m doing wrong?
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
Thank you so much! I was starting to panic but I found you site!
my iomega storcenter ix 2 200 is still not available for time machine, no matter what I do.
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.
get DSM 3.2 beta to fix this
YOu are awesome. I wish I could write it in your language. Many thanks. WD should pay you.
then i believe it hasn’t taken effect?! i run the commands in the sequence provided and the results in afp_disabled_uams always remains the same 🙁
not sure why – but it worked finally 🙂 thanks for your help!
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!
Thanks a lot. Worked like a charm.
Hi,
not work https://. I don’t know – what is problem. Yesterday install Lion and is problem. Http:// work fine.
Please help me.
THANK you so much! Easily searchable solution. Now my Lion connects to EOL Synology NAS here at home! Also experiencing this at work on Cellera so will do this to those MAC’s as well! Was starting to give into MAC philosophy, but this is quite upsetting they don’t give you a CHOICE to stay backward or move forward – don’t like being forced into things!
(do have to be comfortable with term, which I am, and did „sudo su -“ then the work 🙂
THANKS!!
I get the same error… How to solve this?
Many thanks for this. Really helped. Cant fix via Synology update (3.2) as that beta stops the power down of the drives at the moment. This worked great as a temp workaround.
Does not work on my Commodore 64. But works great on my Lion 10.7.0
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!
i know what was wrong with what i was trying to do below – and can report – that this solution only works with one network drive at a time! i have two that i need to use….
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?
Sounds familiar to me, same procedure with my iomega storcenter. We have to wait for firmware updates.
Thanks for the work around. Works great with Iomega Media Store.
this is not working for me, in fact now I can’t connect to the pc server I previously could,
how do you undo or reverse a process in terminal?
Works perfect for the Synology DS-106e.
some linux NAS-es like those from synology require the latest netatalk version. Synology has a DSM 3.2 beta out that fixes this issue. If the beta is to much for you, Google for „synology ipkg bootstrap“ and „ipkg upgrade netatalk“
works on WD MyBook World edition — thank you!
OMFG!!! This worked like a charm….I’m so impressed that there are such bright people out there in the world to help us lesser lads (in the realm of network protocols) – THANK YOU. I have an LG NAS with the BluRay Burner…again, 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
How do I go back to Lion’s original setup. I want to try a firmware update from Buffalo
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?
Hi JR, I had some strange behavior first. I think it was related to that my Mac connected to the NAS via smb (due to my ignorance). Some of my shortcuts (alias) was defined to use smb (my LG NAS is set up for both smb and afp due to other clients in my network). So my Mac got connected via smb and after that it was not possible to connect via afp. The remedy was that I shut down the NAS and then deleted all old shortcuts on the Mac that pointed to the NAS, then booted up the NAS and restarted the Mac. Then I could connect via afp.
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???
Excellent !!! THank you thank you thank you… Worked on the first try… I don’t want to do this to all the computers on the network but at least I can connect again !
Thanks a lot, it worked just fine on my Synology Diskstation!!!
can work on QNAP 209 Pro II.. however, I am still waiting for a formal fix from QNAP..
Thanks Alexander. You have saved my day and data.
Thanks a lot! Works fine for Lacie-2big.
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).
Matt, indeed you are right about the quotes – type in the quotes, do not cut and paste. The .plist file entries are different as a result of entering the terminal commands properly and look correct. See picture. The afp_disabled_uams entries appear to be entered correctly where before they were broken into different lines at the spaces and included quote marks. I experimented with changing the afp_allow_system_uams and afp_allow_user_uams but it still did not connect to the old snap server. I am getting desperate.
Thank you for all your suggestions, please keep them coming!
Hi, schade das ich es mit meinem CH3HNAS leider nicht hinbekomme. Hat einer vielleicht noch einen anderen Trick? Ich verzweifele schon langsam.
Danke Markus
Worked fine with my WD My World Book. Thanks
this still didn’t work on my GOFLEX Home drive
Hi! my DS411j now works. many thanks
Mark
SUPER – PUPPER!!!
everything works on MyBookWorld. Thank you!
worked great on WD MyBookWorld
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
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
Hey, this solution worked for me and my Buffalo LinkStation quad just like a charme. Many thx and keep up the good work!
it works, thankyou
the Terminal is asking for your MacOS root password, the same u use when you’re installing new software etc.
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
How do I reverse all this?
no go for me…. using an AFP share on a slack ware linux server
Seems I now need to move all my data from mybook world so that I can re-set it. Be wary of using codes in your terminal if you really don’t know for certain what you’re doing or more importantly, how to reverse it.
mine either, nothing changed, still not working (TS-410). we must wait for new firmware 3.5, coming soon as I checked
Hi
Can someone put all this in a clean text file that explains what to do – preferably as a set of cut and paste instructions and commands..?
Thanks a lot for this tip. My LinkStation LS-WSGL now works again. Buffallo don’t give a firmware update for my Version.
Thanks so much. It perfectly worked on my Synology DS410.
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
This was great! It served me well for weeks..now that Buffalo has resolved the issue with new firmware how can I undo the changes these commands did?
Thanks man worked great with my LaCie D2!!!
I tried it and it doesn’t work on my 2d.
How can I change back the command chains in Terminal?
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.
Hi,
This didn’t work for my Linkstsation Pro Duo at first, but then I read to replace “ with ‚ and it worked like a charm!
Thanks
I love you. That worked great.
perfect! thanx 🙂
Hi I have Home Media Netword drive to, and I still cannot use Time Machine. Does anyone have any ideas?
many thanks! Now my iomega iconnect works with lion! Könntest auch ne deutsche Überstzung anbieten.
Good one.. Worked on an ix2-200 after a couple of false tries.. Thanks a ton!
Worked like a champ for my LS-WTGLE RAID!
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.
THANKS SO MUCH! I love you!! 😀
Workfed fine to me on MyBookWorld II!!!
The fix worked foine with 10.7 – butnow after 10.7.1 upgrade it does not work at all.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks, works fine…:-)
work on my Linkstation Quad LS-QL/R5
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.
worked like a dream…..thank you so much!
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.
sorry didn’t work for me on lower afp server
Works for me!!!! Thank you so much!
I have an Iomega StorCenter ix2.
any idea what is going on here – when i write the file i’m getting these contents:
( „\U201cCleartxt“, „Passwrd\U201d“, „\U201cMS2.0\U2033“, „\U201c2-Way“, Randnum, „exchange\U201d“)
i have one drive working and another semi working 🙁
Has anyone tried this on DNS-323
I did, and unclear if this was successful.
After I boot my mac and open Finder there is no DLINK in the left bar (before LION there always was a network link, called DLINK in the left pane). After a while sometimes there appears a DLINK network connection
And then after a while it’s dissapeared …
If the DLINK is there, I can access the DNS-323 as usual.
If anyone can tell me why this connection seems to toggle …
Anyway, my solution to have a proper network connection to the DNS-323 is this:
in Finder go to „connect to server“ and fill out this:
smb:// and it works!
Default the protocol is afp://
Replace the afp with smb and this might be your solution.
WORKS! Awesome, thank you so much 🙂
brilliant! worked like a charm! 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
Is the workaround still working after updating Lion to 10.7.2?
It did not work for me in 10.7.2 with an iomega ix2-200 (tried it a couple times)
You rock man 🙂
But….. Time Machine is still not working under Lion 🙁
Now that the firmware has been updated, how do I reverse this?
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“?
YESSSS!!!! It worked, I see my sparse bundles again!
Now I’ll will start to restore my new hard disk with Lion.
Thanks, You are a geek!
Thanks for this, it work very well buddy! One question tho, will the spotlight indexing still work with this work around? Awesome howto!
Oh and just to let everyone know it works with the TeraStation TS-WXL755 model!
You are fabulous. It worked like a charm on my LG NAS N2B1
Thanks a lot. you’re great!~~ Good job~
U better than BuffaloNasServiceTeam…
Wheres your Flattr Button!? Thanks for this Workaround- saved my ass!
Don’t forget to reset afp_host_prefs_version to the default „15“ afterwards (when the firmware for the NAS is updated to properly support Lion).
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_host_prefs_version -int 15
Thank you! Works very well 🙂
thanks alex, worked for us as well!!
do you have a solution already
Worked for me. Thank you so much!
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!!
This solution is valid to SMB? Because I tried and I don’t connect to my server, I’m received the same error
smb://Meo
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.
My problem is similar but it happens when I try to connect remotely to my Hard Disk attached to my Airport Extreme
„There was a problem connecting to the server…..“
The Server my not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection and try again“
I would like to know if the solution to my problem is the same as your proposal here.
Thanks
Josef Carel
It worked! With afp… but not with smb. But afp is fine for me 😉 Thank you!
I get the same error dialog in Lion when I try to connect to a PowerBook G3 Wallstreet PDQ running AppleShare IP 6.3.3 on OS 9. So I am curious if your „hack“ would also work for AppleShare.
I clicked on your link to „Apple Developer Forum,“ but despite my being logged in there, your link does not take me to a specific discussion offering the original „solution and explanation.“ Therefore, please make your URL more specific.
And will your method work for AppleShare IP servers? If so, how does your method need to be changed to accomodate AppleShare IP servers?
I look forward to your answer.
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,
i tried this To turn on “DHCAST128″ support but i’m not sure that the way i did is correct or not. so please instruct me the way i should do to make it work. thanks..!
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!
Worked like a charm. Thank you very much indeed!
I’m having a problem. When it asked for the password, I can’t type. Why is that?
Thanks, it works with my LS Live. But now I tried to use it as a Time Machine, but it can’t save because the necessary AFP funktions are not available. What can I do?
Das Backup-Volume im Netzwerk unterstützt die notwendigen AFP-Funktionen nicht.
Was nun ?
very nice – works well with my Thecus NAS. I had tried many things before that did not work. Danke!
it worked!
w00t!
the terminal is asking for the password but when I tried to type it nothing types. I tried to type any letter or number but the terminal stay at the same point, like I didn’t type anything. So I went to the users and disable the password, restart the machine and logon again without any password. I had starter the terminal and paste the following without quotes “
sudo chmod o+w
/Library/Preferences defaults write
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_host_prefs_version -int 1″ and the terminal ask again for the passwordi just push the enter and the terminal said „sorry, try again“ after 3 times the terminal goes again to the initial screen…at this point I can type anything but when it asks for the password I cannot type anything. Can you please help me?
ALso pls clarify that the order is correct sudo chmod o+w
/Library/Preferences defaults write
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_host_prefs_version -int 1
I have the same problem, can anybody help pls???
okay, for network access it is okay, but time machine says: „The backup volume in the network does not support the necessary functions of AFP.“
okay, wd my world disk firmware update, and time machine ins fine:-)
You cannot see your password as you type it. Just trust that it works. You will seen no indication of your typing.
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.
Hi,
thank you for this work-around that worked out pretty fine for me. Do you think this work around will also work on 10.8 Mountain Lion?
Cheers,
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.
Hmm. Seems to have worked for me as well. Not quite as intended — my Iomega Home Network Drive used to „look“ like a Time Machine, icon-wise, and with this „trick“ it just becomes a normal share that Time Machine can use as backup. But it’s better than nothing! Thanks so much.
Unter 10.8.2 scheint diese Möglichkeit nicht mehr zu funktionieren. Was kann man da machen? DANKE!
Works on Mountain Lion but the OS appears to disable DHCAST128 again without restarting the computer. Not clear what was rewriting the Preference file. Any one has a solution?
Thank you thank you thank you! Happy Holidays;)
Awesome! worked like a charm on my Iomega ix2-200. Thanks for the help!
Tried this between OS 10.7.5 and a Buffalo HD-HLAN250 but it doesn’t work. Is there something else I’m missing? I can connect to the HD-HLAN250 with no problem from OS 10.5.
Cheers,
For OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (tested on an iMac 12,2 running a clean install of 10.8.3), follow the above instructions and omit the following two steps:
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_host_prefs_version -int 1
Note: To add a “DHCAST128″ to the disable list, use
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_disabled_uams -array-add “DHCAST128″
Very good article, many thanks!
i`m having this same issue with my nas terastation server after update to mountain lion then to mavericks even updated to Yosemite hoping the latest os would fix this to no avail all other smb shares work fine my terastation worked fine before updating
using 10.9 when i enter either command terminal asks for a password but will not let me type anything. Only enter works.