Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 08 Feb 2003 10:28:16 -0500
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Jeff Penn <jeff@jrpenn.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, jonr@destar.net
Subject:   Re: freebsd4.7 and Samba and OS X
Message-ID:  <3E452210.3040102@potentialtech.com>
References:  <33193.24.237.6.229.1044576540.squirrel@www.destar.net> <20030208123745.GB287@jrpenn.demon.co.uk>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Jeff Penn wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 03:09:00PM -0900, jonr@destar.net wrote:
> 
> Forgot to copy the list on this:
> 
> 
>>      We are having this issue with samba and OSX 10.2.3. We are using
>>freebsd4.7 serving samba as a fileserver for our company, we have a
> 
> mix
> 
>>of windows and macs connecting to it. The windows machines work just
>>fine the macs are another story.
>>
>>I have narrowed it down to this: I can open a file/document from the
>>fileserver on my mac and edit it but it tells me I dont have the
>>permissions to copy it back. This is from a volume that I mounted on
> 
> the
> 
>>desktop using the 'apple+k' to mount it. When I mount it by command
> 
> line
> 
>>I can edit the file/document(anyfile) and copy it back with no problem
>>
>>      I have also found this to be true on my linux system. Exact same
> 
> 
> I don't claim to be an Apple expert, but I seem to remember that Apple
> supports it's file naming conventions by creating an exta file on DOS
> style partitions which maps the Apple filename to the DOS filename.
> 
> Maybe the Apple system has not got the necessary permissions to create
> this extra file.  This could be way off the mark though :).

I just thought of this ...
Samba has the option to "hide dot files" which would prevent the Apples
from ever seeing the .appledouble (as I remember) files at all.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3E452210.3040102>