On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 12:58:37PM +0100, Peter Lane wrote: > Hi All, > > I've done quite a bit of research on this one and if I'm honest about the > cause of this "fault" it's probably because I'm trying to do too much > "outside the box" :) Nevertheless I enjoy the challenge so here is the > scenario: > > I have a Samba Service (v3.2.5) providing file shares running on Debian 2.6. > The samba server uses a Windows Domain server for authentication > There are many shares available from the server and all use the Domain for > authentication - with each group having an appropriate permission on each > share (none, read only, read/write) > All shares are local mount points (except for a new share below) > I had to "force" the file and directory perms because the macs didn't > create nice file and directories > The shares are accessed by Macs and Windows PCs and all has been working > fine for over a year until... > > Here is the change and the problem: > A new mount point with fstab entry has been added on the linux server > connecting the linux server to a share on a remote windows server (also on > the Windows Domain) > A "service account" has been created on the Windows Domain for the linux > box to access the windows share - this account has been given full rights > on the windows share and file system > A new samba share has been added, settings configured as above, forced > perms, using the windows domain, etc. > Windows clients have no issues whatsoever. However, the Macs all of which > are Snow Leopard do have show stopping issues; When creating a file we get > this error: > The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in <FILENAME> > can’t be read or written. > (Error code -36)
The Mac finder is the bane of my existence when supporting Apple clients. We really need to see what operation the Mac client just did before reporting this error. A debug level 10 + wireshark trace from the server might help. It's possible it's doing a "max access" check and not liking the results. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
