Win2003 share - New files invisible to OS9

[Custardptt]

Hi All,

I have a Windows 2003 Server (SBS Premium) and need to connect a Mac G4 Running OS 9.0.2

I setup services for Mac and all appeared to be well, however any folders placed in the share by PC's are invisible to the MAC. The share is qute large 200GB in a 700GB Drive. The folders present when the Mac share was created are visible but none of the folders created after this appear on the Mac. Folders created on the Mac work fine.

I've checked the Permissions/owner, they appear to be identical on new and old folders (but different for files created on the Mac)

File/directory names are short (typically 6 Digit Numeric)
I'm using the Microsoft UAM and Microsoft Encryption on passwords.

I'm utterly stumped! Anyone have any idea's

Cheers

 

[dodge20]

I have been dealing with issue for a long time, and really haven't come up with a good solution. Are you using samba or afp? We have the issue where we have several different shares, some work and some don't. No one can figure it out.

Try this for a workaround. Create a new share on the server and copy a few files into that share. Do they show up?

Dodge20

 

[Custardptt]

Thanks for the warning Dodge20, It seems a few people have had similer mischief. I doubt if Microsoft or Apple will be bothered to create a fix for classic Mac's now.

We are using Microsoft's File Server for Macintosh and connecting using AFP.

We have two shared areas on the server, both on the same disk array. The Mac connects OK to one of them but when connecting to the other new files/folders created on the PC (ie created since the share was created) become invisible. I tried deleting/recreating the problem share. Initially the Mac wouldnt see the sharename at all, I created another share using a much smaller directory and all 3 shares became visible. The shares are all working OK today, but need to check again on Monday.

I cant see any reason for this behaviour. On your systems does it working/not working have any relationship to the number of files/folders? On our system the working share is 85.9GB (58,600Files 7,600 Folders) and the misbehaving share is 303GB (204,000Files 57,000 Folders)

 

[dodge20]

I have found that this happens using afp. A samba connection is much more stable, but then I can't open all types of files. Pick your poison. Right now the best solution seems to get an apple server (which I know probably isn't feasible).
OS X doesn't play nice with others. This used to be Apple's major strength. Now it is their major flaw. OS X has a lot of great features, but not in a business sense. Still needs a lot of work.

Dodge20