On (22/03/06 11:06), Pete Clarke wrote: > Hi there, > > I have recently added an Apple OS X based machine to my little home > network - nice to have a new architecture to play with :-)..and have hit a > bit of a problem whilst connecting to a Debian Sarge Samba > server...basically Finder hangs when attempting to browse any of the Samba > shares on any of my Debian servers - all running Sarge, and the version of > Samba that ships with it. > > I have googled for this, and the concenous is that there is a bug in the > 3.0.14 release that Sarge is equipped with - apparently it's fixed in > 3.0.20. > > My question is basically, does anyone have OS X (10.4.5 Tiger) browsing > Samba shares on a Debian Sarge server sucessfully, or do I have to ditch > the 3.0.14 Sarge version and install 3.0.20 instead? > I would rather stick to Sarge packages if possible, as I have a few > servers running Debian and it'd be a PITA to change them :-)
We're running samba 3.0.14a-3sarge both on behalf of clients and ourselves and have OSX10.2 to 10.3.9 and windows clients accessing shares successfully. OSX, however, is quite quirky and I found that I had to explicitly share users' home directories in smb.conf for the Mac's to see them. Also if you are sharing a printer from the debian server, have a look at: http://members.cox.net/18james/osx_printer_sharing.html HTH Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
