How do I remove a corrupt AppleShare PDS file?

1. Follow the steps below:
2. Quit the AppleShare application.
3. Choose the Find... command in the File menu.
4. In the Find Items section, choose "on local disks" in the pop-up menu. In the two pop-up menus below, choose from left to right, name, and contains, then enter PDS in the field on the right.
5. Click More Choices
6. Press and hold the option key while you click and hold the size pop-up menu, choose visibility. In the pop-up menu under the field you entered PDS, choose invisible.
7. Click Find.
8. The hit-list is presented in the Items Found window, and there should be an AppleShare PDS file for each volume on a Mac OS server. Click and drag the volume's PDS file listed to the trash. You should receive the message "The file can not be left in the trash. Delete it now?" Click OK.
9. Reset access privileges by using the AppleShare Admin application.

1. Quit the AppleShare application.
2. Use ResEdit or the third-party utility to make the AppleShare PDS file visible. Quit the application.
3. Drag the AppleShare PDS file to the trash.
4. Choose Empty Trash from the Special menu.
5. Choose Restart from the Special menu.
6. Reset access privileges using AppleShare Admin.

1. Quit the AppleShare application.
2. At the root level of your hard drive, choose New Folder from the File menu.
3. Name the new folder "Old Users & Groups" or something similar.
4. Open the System Folder, open the Preferences folder, find the Users & Groups Data File.
5. Drag the Users & Groups Data File from the Preferences folder to the new folder you created above.
6. Launch the AppleShare Admin which is usually located in the Apple Menu. Enter the server information including the serial number if prompted.
7. Quit the AppleShare Admin.
8. Move the Users & Groups Data File from the folder you created in Step 2 above to the Preferences folder in the System Folder. You should see the message "An item named 'Users & Groups Data File' already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the one you're moving?" Click OK.
9. Again launch AppleShare Admin. You should see this message for every volume you have on your server, "All access privileges on the volume named (volume name) have been lost. You will need to reset access privileges for this volume." Click OK. A new AppleShare PDS file has been created for your server.
10. Reset all access privileges while in AppleShare Admin.