Q: Server File Sharing unstable on mac and windows network on Mavericks and OSX Server 3.0

Anything better with 10.10.2?

Thank you Marc. Thank you. The only thing I would add is this:

GOTO:

(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\lsa)

THERE YOU WILL SEE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BUT THE CHANGE IS THE SAME:

LmCompatibilityLevel = 1

change to

LmCompatibilityLevel = 3

OR

LimitBlankPasswordUse = 1

change to

LimitBlankPasswordUse = 3

Goodnight  and goodbuy Apple and OSX Server....  I am sorry but I will never return to apple again for a server. Its a joke how bad it works compared to what you could go for instead.

I´am writing this post, not to criticise apple but to give all you guys out there a tip that could save you hours and days of struggling and give you time for your work instead of spending valuable time attempting to fix something thats broken and worthless.

We have a small office with mixed environment (Windows 7 Pro and OSX clients) and I have stuggled with the the Mavericks server a long time and then I upgraded to Yosemite, same problems upgrade after upgrade, and the only thing we do is filesharing!  We use a mac mini connected to a thunderbolt pegasus drive (a fast and beautiful set up in theory). But it has not been working well. Problems with reading-rights, problem with writing-rights, problems with files not showing up on other computers. The only thing I regret now is that I didn't do what I did a couple of weeks earlier. Don't struggle anymore, don't sit in the boat and wait for next update, abandon the ship! The solution was a Synology drive with Linux. These are totally amazing things! It kind of reminded me of Apple for a long time ago when everything was plug and play and just worked. A simple and fast interface that a beginner can manage, a knowledge base far beyond what Apple ever managed to do, functions you could dream for in a Apple server, everything perfect in the smallest detail and it works, works and works. For less than half the money and a just couple of hours of set up time, this thing has been running perfect, faster and error free. No error codes, none!! not a single one!! A stunning Webbased interface with everything you need in a small office, and more... I am stunned actually.

I will still use Apple for client machines but never ever again for a server...

This thread appears to have dried up. We are still seeing the issues with our Mavericks servers and Window 7 machines.

Can anyone please summarise the fixes they employed to squash these issues?

If the solution really is to upgrade to Yosemite or El Capitan, please let us know any definitive results on that front too.

I upgraded to Yosemite first and was a little better. Now run in El Capitan and have to say I am quite happy with Server and the OS. Also have Windows clients running on Windows 10 (In my opinion the best Windows version ever). Just be sure you back up. Do your OS upgrade then your server upgrade. Hope it works for you As it did for me.

Hi Jonathan,

We will gladly buy that hardware setup from you. Would just need to figure out how to get it from you.

Leo

El Capitan Server 5