[Samba] Path too deep

[Joel Hammer]

I used to get this error. Make sure you don't have any symbolic links
involved on the linux server in the path windows XP is trying to use.
Sometimes, links get confused and point back to each other.
Joel

On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 04:05:34PM +0200, Special industrial Lighting wrote:
> 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
>