At 1:32 PM -0600 11/9/2002, Vaughan, John wrote: >I've had this problem for a while, but I just got around to asking about it. >I'm on an 8600/G4, running 9.2.2, but when I first noticed the problem, I >was running 9.1. Problem has stayed consistent despite the upgrade. > >My file sharing will not turn on. When I start up, it starts "starting up", >but it nevers gets so that it shows "file sharing on". It just stays set at >"starting up" with the little blinking thing on the file sharing folder. >I've trashed File Sharing prefs and the File Sharing CP Prefs folder, but >that didn't change anything. Any suggestions?
This is usually due to a corrupt AppleShare PDS file. This is an invisible file in the root folder of any shared harddisk. It stores the sharing information for each folder. If it get's munged it can cause File Sharing to never complete startup. To fix this you need a tool that will let you make an invisible file visible. ResEdit is my tool of choice. Make the file visible, throw it in the trash and then try starting up File Sharing. If it works then go ahead and empty the Trash. If it doesn't you may want to restore the file to it's original location and re-cloak it. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
