On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Mike Eggleston <mikee...@mac.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Clark Johnston might have said: > > > We have a user who purchased a Mac Book Pro with OSX 10.6.2. > > Everyday he has a problem with one or another Samba Server. One day it's > > FileShare1 , the next day it's ProductionData Server. > > I use Windows and Linux and neither has a problem connecting to these > > servers. He has XP in VMWare Fusion and that works fine. But about > every > > other day he comes and says some server won't allow him to connect. > > Sometimes a reboot will fix the problem. > > We are using Samba PDC with LDAP backend and these are member servers he > is > > logging into. > > Today he is getting an error that the login is incorrect on one Member > > Server, yesterday he would log into a server and it would hang about 3 > deep > > into a directory tree and require reboot of the system. > > Eventually that error just seemed to go away. > > Anyone know of some glitch or issue with software on OSX 10.6.2? > > I am not familiar with MACs and didn't think that there would be an > issue, > > but thought someone out here may know of a quirk or something that would > > cause this type of problem and how to resolve it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > P.S. Are Snow Leopards an endangered species? Do I need a license to > shoot > > a Mac Book Pro? :) > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > > I have seen issues with Microsoft Office for the Mac trying to connect to > shares of the same name on multiple servers. The Microsoft applications > gets confused. > > - $server1 > - ProductionData > - $server2 > - ProductionData > > My user could not open for writing, and other permission errors, an > Excel file on one of the shares because the shares have the same name. > > Mike > Thanks for the info But I haven't even gotten to that problem yet. :) Oh joy the day. This is just simply connecting to different named shares on differently named servers. Maybe I need some tutoring on a Mac also, anyone have any book recommendations. This one computer seems to be taking up about 10% of my time in the last 2 weeks. I'd be looking for information on log files and other such troubleshooting help. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba