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Appleshare IP 6.2 & XP not saving files

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by sceva 1 view

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I have a Mac OS 8.6 file server running Appleshare 6.2. I have a windows 2000 Pro and an XP Pro computer that access files on that drive. I have 2 problems: From a windows machine I can create a folder, but cannot rename it (also have trouble creating new files). Also, I have set up some folders as "make available offline" on the pc's. If I add a file to one of these folders while offline, when I try to synchronize I get a message stating that the system cannot find the file specified, and it is not copied to the Mac.

I have searched for a solution and haven't found anything that worked. I think the easiest thing will be to use another windows 2000 pc as the file server for the PC's, and then set up a batch file on the MAC to copy the folders from the pc server to the Mac daily (because the tape backup is on the Mac...)

So I am either looking for a solution to the file/folder create problem, or how to do a batch file on the Mac to copy the files on a daily basis without human intervention.

Thanks.

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by sceva

Checked out the links. I had seen these before. I have version 6.2 of ASIP and they say it is going to cost $500 to upgrade, which is out of our budget. And I have seen conflicting reports as to which versions of 6.3 and OS 9 will fix the problem. So I definately don't want to put several hundred dollars into the old mac and it not work.

by glyall

First I do not know MAC.
Years ago I did use Unix, but I forgot how.

Win 2000 and XP have a Scheduled Tasks that you can do. Does MAC have something like that.
It should. If not you can write a scipt file to do it if I remember right.

You have to copy the file from the Windows machine to the MAC.

A lot of Unix code got in Windows a long time ago.

Good Luck

by jaqui

are the folders being created within a shared directory?
do the client machines have write access to the existing share, and to the new folder by default?

as for backing up, you will need to set a cron job to automatically syncronise files, or else configure the apps on the windows boxes to automatically save into the share on the mac,not on the windows boxes at all.

by sceva

Yes, we are trying to create folders, files in a shared directory. I have set the APIP settings to allow the clients read/write access. I even set them up as owners of the folders, but that didn't seem to help.

I am familiar with cron from a little linux work I have done. Would that be on my Mac os 8.6 (if so where would I find it) or do I need to install it? (if so where can I find a copy?) And is there any specific settings that I can use to either delete the existing folder and copy the entire contents from the PC server, or just copy the files that have been updated?

Thanks.

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