How to resolve sharing issue

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How to resolve sharing issue

I have an AEBS, 3 MPB's, a MacMini, an iMac20, and an iMac27 all are running Mavericks 10.9.2.

All have File, Printer, and Screen Sharing turned on, but I can't seem to get to connect via "Share Screen" or "Connect As" when I select the computer name in Finder.

I receive the message -

There was a problem connecting to the server “imac-f44ed8”.

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.

I have tried to connect using every user name that has been created on the machine that I'm attempting to connect to.

The server name is kind of strange. I have named the computer that I'm attempting to connect to as "Apple iMac - New - Kitchen".

Any suggestions on how to resolve this?

TIA

Jim P.

OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Mar 29, 2014 5:54 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 29, 2014 6:31 AM in response to James Palmer2

I got it "half-fixed"

I renamed my com.apple.loginitems.plist and restarted the machine.

I am now able to "Share Screen" but not able to "Connect As".

-JP

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Answer 2

May 14, 2014 10:55 AM in response to James Palmer2

Any luck on fixing the "Connect As"? I'm in the same boat.

-cl

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Answer 3

Eric Root

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May 14, 2014 1:35 PM in response to christhelawman

Try connecting as an admin user from the computer you are trying to connect to.

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Answer 4

May 16, 2014 2:29 PM in response to Eric Root

The issue arises when I select "Connect As" so I'm never given the option to connect as an admin. It's odd because I can "Share Screen" as JP has said in a previous post.

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Answer 5

May 17, 2014 5:52 AM in response to christhelawman

My problem is that when I select "Connect As" I receive the following error.

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There was a problem connecting to the server “imac-f44ed8”.

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.

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I'm never allowed to enter a user name and password.

My user account on the machine that I'm connecting "from" is an Admin, and I have an Admin account on the machine that I'm trying to connect "to" that has the same user name and password (identical spelling and case).

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