[PLUG] Sure sounds OT, but....

[briand at aracnet.com]

Did you try turning up the debugging level on samba to see what it says ?

Also, if your husband continues to hassle you, get a new one who can
help you debug ;-)

  Brian

>>>>> "Kelly" == Kelly Guimont <verso at mac.com> writes:

  Kelly> I have yet to find a way to make this work the way (I was led
  Kelly> to believe) it should. I am hoping that someone here has some
  Kelly> insight they can share.

  Kelly> Here goes!  Machine 1 is an iMac running OS X
  Kelly> (guts=Darwin=bsd mutation) Machine 2 is a wintendo running
  Kelly> win2k Professional.

  Kelly> Machines are connected via Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router
  Kelly> with 4 port switch-BEFSR41 to be exact. Then, the Linksys is
  Kelly> connected to a Motorola Surfboard that gets me out to all of
  Kelly> you.

  Kelly> Recently I was able to configure samba server on my iMac so
  Kelly> that my files (who am I kidding? I'm talking mp3s here) are
  Kelly> accessible by the wintendo, with a separate account (meaning
  Kelly> not me). That account can play files remotely, add, and also
  Kelly> delete files. However, this account cannot rename files,
  Kelly> getting the error: Cannot rename <file>. There has been a
  Kelly> sharing violation: The source or destination may be in
  Kelly> use. (it's an mp3, and it isn't being played)

  Kelly> Both accounts are members of group admin.

  Kelly> I hope I covered everything, but can anyone here shed light
  Kelly> on the problem?  I thought it was ownership, I thought it was
  Kelly> Samba, I have tried everything I know how to try, and I can't
  Kelly> find any way to make this happen the way it should. Is it
  Kelly> even possible? Is there a better way to do this than samba?

  Kelly> I'd appreciate any assistance any of you can give me with
  Kelly> this. I'm tired of being hassled by my husband over my
  Kelly> non-windows OS, and the fact that this isn't working properly
  Kelly> doesn't help much.

  Kelly> Thanks in advance, -Kelly Guimont

  Kelly> Empire had the better ending! All Jedi had was a buncha
  Kelly> Muppets!  -Clerks


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