[Samba] File Disappearance after copy from OS X

[Chris Douglass]

I have seen this problem occur on my network under the following
conditions:
Mac user puts files on network with OS9 + DAVE.
Mac user moves/modifies/alters file with OSX.
Mac user returns to OS9 (and/or Classic Mode app), and file appears, but
is not really there.

It seems that the Resource.frk and the DesktopDB folders (which hold the
resource fork data for the Mac), are enough to make the file appear to
be there, although it really isn't. This ends up confusing both the OS9
and OSX mac installs. Our solution to this was to eliminate all OS9 and
below plus Classic Mode apps on the network. Otherwise, Mac OSX is
working on my Samba network with samba 2.2.8a, 2.2.3, and 3.0. 
Hope it helps.
-Chris
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 12:16, Jeremy Allison wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 11:45:38AM -0500, Ed Holden wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I wrote in last week about a problem with Mac OS X systems copying files 
> > to a Samba server.  The files sometimes disappear, though the problem is 
> > intermittent.  I suspect that this is an issue with Mac OS X dropping 
> > the file prematurely, and indeed a Google search reveals that OS X users 
> > have seen similar problems, but only with Samba shares.
> 
> Have you reported this to Apple ? Conrad is very good about
> following up with such things.
> 
> Jeremy.

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