FWIW, Macs used to have this same problem with Netware 3.x servers years ago; the manuals even had a chapter on how to rebuild the index when it inevitably got trashed. Macs in a peer-to-peer arrangement, where it's all native, local file systems, seems to work, but Macs and servers always seems to have problems from time to time. Petre >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 12/2/01, 7:36:00 PM, Mark Kroska <mkroska at sirgo.net> wrote regarding Re: [TCLUG] Fun with Netatalk: > I also have had numerous problems integrating a Linux server into a Mac > client network. The naming convention didn't seem to be an issue, and > the clients had every possible "Bad Combination" possible (/ in a name, > *'s in a name, bullets, commas, question marks, etc), with no apparent > issues. > The problems you are explaining with Quark and Photoshop are identicle to > the ones I found. It seems that those 2 apps keep a secret, hidden > "version" file that won't let them "save" or "save as" with the same name. > The only work-around was to "save as" with a slightly different file name. > In my opinion, this is not an acceptable solution. I've found numerous > other resources that point to this being an issue and no real solution > available. > I did a server move, to a different platform. It solved the problem of > those apps saving, but now a new one cropped up. They have a RAID array, > level 5, 400Gb. Files from Photoshop will simply disappear. (their words) > At first I thought they were crazy, until I saw it for myself. As it > turned out, the files actually WERE on the server, but the Finder on the > mac corrupted the index file on the server and the files were not visible. > I found some help documenting my experience with others on the net, but no > solution has been found here either. Large volumes + Mac clients = > problems. Does anyone know a contact for a newspaper or another source > where large volumes may be in use and could offer assistance? > My $.02. > MK > On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Mike Nielsen wrote: > > > > Hope everyone is having a good day? > > > > Anyway I have a client with an artdpartmen teaming with macs. The owners > > wanted to give Microsoft the shaft and use a linux backed. Which I was more > > than happy to let them try. > > > > Netatalk however is giving me some problems. I am using generic config files > > with a line added to give them full access to a data repository. > > > > The problems are numerous and I don't know if they are releated or if there > > is anything I can do about it. > > > > They have several issues with file names. Some of the naming conventions hae > > bullets, parenthesis. tildes, and other bizzare characters that don't seem to > > make things happy. Often they can't open files from a mac as it gives a > > corruption error. > > > > > > They also have problems with Photoshop and quark. The might be able to open a > > document but can't close it, save it, or what ever. > > > > I am curious if anyone else out there is attempting to use linux as a > > fileserver and what you might have done to get around some of these issues. > > > > > > > > > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > Sirgo, Inc. A member of the KDV Business Solutions Network > ___________________________________________________________ > Mark J. Kroska > MIS Director > 320.656.0765 Voice > 888.447.3239 Toll Free > 320.203.7052 Fax > http://www.readynetgo.com > mailto:mkroska at sirgo.net > ___________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list