[Samba] Path too deep

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dear sir,

I have samba 2.2.3a running on RedHat linux 7.2 with kernel 2.4.7-10
all other computers on the network are windows XP machines.

I do NOT have any problems when reading with windows XP from any share in the linux server, however when i try to copy a file to the share, my windowsXP explorer stops responding for about 30 secs and then gives the error-message 'could not copy file: path is too deep'. 

after re-installing and reviewing samba for about ten times and experimenting with many different configurations i give up. 

are there any known causes and or solutions for this problem.

please help,

best regards, 
Jan van den Berg



System info:

RedHat 7.2
kernel 2.4.7-10
samba 2.2.3a
mainboard: ASUS TUV4X rev 1003
NIC: 3COM905C-TX-M PCI



smb.conf:
[global]
workgroup = LAMPSUP 
netbios name = filesrv
security = SHARE 
encrypt passwords = Yes 
null passwords = Yes 
log file = /usr/local/samba/log.%m
comment = Samba server 
guest account = ftp

[backup]
path = /home/c/backup
read only = No 
guest ok = Yes

[c]
path = /home/c
read only = No 
guest ok = Yes

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