On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 07:16 -0600, Nestamicky wrote: > On 01/06/10 10:14 PM, Ralph Green wrote: > Thanks for that. I log in using password and user name. I'm able to > login and transfer, but after a while, get the error. What I'm finding > amazing is how common this problem is and yet there does not seem a > definitive solution. This is a first for my dealings with OSX. >
Howdy, When you say you login, that is not clear. Do you login to the samba share, or did you mean you login to the Mac. As Bruce said, error 36 is a generic message. I don't know the root cause of your problem, but the generic error message is Apple's fault. So, you need to dig a little to find out what is going on. There are 2 things I can suggest for now. Apple has an article discussing one cause of error 36 messages. They tell you to get around it by configuring the way OSX 10.4 authenticates. See: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1564 Before that, I'd look in the logs on the Linux server. The logs are probably in the directory /var/log/samba and I'd look at the most recent logs(ls -l -t /var/log/samba). Do this right after the Mac gives you an error. My guess is the interesting two will be log.nmbd and log.your_ip_address, where the ip address is the ip address if the OSX machine you are connecting from. You don't say what version of OSX you are using and that may be significant. I found the samba drivers in 10.2 to be very unreliable, but the ones in 10.4 have worked very well for me. Bruce says the 10.5 samba support connecting to Linux is even better. I am not using Leopard yet, but I can believe it. It might even matter what version of Samba is on Linux, but really only if it is a very old version. I mean 10 years type old, not just that you don't have the latest patches. Good luck, Ralph -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
