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I have set up a mac mini OS 10.11 as server I can screen share but not access files my admin password is rejected ?

iPad, iOS 5

Posted on Mar 10, 2018 4:18 PM

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I have set up a mac mini OS 10.11 as server I can screen share but not access files my admin password is rejected ?