Hi, I created an ibay called drop-folder and the description was "This is used to store files and folders that you want to share with everyone." or something long and wordy like that. I could see the drop-folder share from Windows but could not from the Macs. I created another ibay called test and put "test" for a description. This time, I was able to access it from both. I thought that netatalk might not like the dash in the name drop-folder so I created another ibay called dropfolder with the same description as the original. Same problem as the first situation, Macs could not see the share. It was only when I created a fourth ibay called pub with a description "public" that I realized that e-smith uses the description for the netatalk share name since I saw public in the Chooser, not pub as I had been expecting. There is evidently some restriction on length of the netatalk share name. It is probably 32 characters which is the maximum file name length in Mac OS. I wanted all the users to have the same logical view of the server so I set the name and description to pub. Having set up netatalk manually in the past, I cannot think of any good reason to use the description of the ibay for the netatalk share name. Why not use the same name that samba uses, i.e. the ibay name? If there is some good reason I am not aware of to use the description, its length should be limited to less than 32 characters to avoid the situation I encountered. Regards, Clifford Ilkay Dinamis Corporation 3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419 Toronto, Ontario Canada M4N 3P6 Voice/Fax: 416-410-3326 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
