Environment
Novell NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 6
Novell NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 7
Novell Native File Access Protocol
Apple Macintosh OS 10.5 (Leopard)
Situation
After loading AFPTCP using the CLEARTEXT switch, users are no
longer able to log into the server via a Macintosh machine running
Leopard (Mac OSX v10.5).
Both users without a simple password and users with a simple
password are presented with 2 errors when attempting to log
in. The first error is:
"Connection failed. There was an error connecting to the
server. Check the server name or IP address and try
again. If you are unable to resolve the problem contact your
system administrator"
After clicking on Ok for that message, this error is
presented:
"Sorry the operation could not be completed because an
unexpected error occurred. Error code -5002"
Resolution
Cleartext passwords have been disabled in Leopard. In
order to turn this feature on, please follow the information in the
MacStuff article - Enabling clear text
passwords in Leopard with AppleScript or the MacOSX Hints
article -
10.5 Connect to AFP shares with unencrypted passwords
For Netatalk users, you can follow the Vegard.net article - How to get AFP
to work with Netatalk in OSX Leopard