Q: Incorrect Mounted Drive Names

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The only way I know of that a sharepoint could be mounted under a modified name would be that you created an fstab entry or otherwise altered the default mount map on the client. Is there a file at /etc/fstab on the clients?

Please post the output of the following command on one of the clients:

df -l | open -f -a TextEdit

Sorry, that was the wrong command. It should be this:

df -T afpfs | open -f -a TextEdit

And it has to be run on the filesharing client, not the server.

The client. The share must be mounted in order for the command to produce output.

According to that output, you have a sharepoint named "DUSTY" exported by "MacLaptop." It's mounting on the iMac as "DUSTY," which is what it should do.

You also have a sharepoint named "DUSTY" mounted on the laptop. It's exported by the same machine as "NED," so that must be the iMac. It's not the same as the other "DUSTY."

You seem to be saying that you have no knowledge of either of these network volumes. It's not obvious how that can be possible, so what I suggest as a next step is to delete all the sharepoints on both machines and recreate them. See whether there's any change.

If there is no change, please post the output of the following command on both machines:

sudo sharing -l | open -f -a TextEdit

You'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. Confirm. You don't need to post the warning.

If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator. Log in as one and start over.

Mac Basics: File Sharing