Re: Win 2003 and AFP vs. SMB

From: William M. Smith (mecklists_at_REMOVETHIS.mn.rr.com)
Date: 03/25/04

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    Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:38:07 -0600

    On 3/24/04 10:16 AM, in article
    35C1EDE4-4958-40AF-9249-D4CC2896A966@microsoft.com, "CHAD@WSC"
    <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

    > Hi All,
    >
    > My difficulty is this: I would like to make all of our macs on campus connect
    > through SMB (OS 10.2.x) so we do not have to route Appletalk. However files
    > that were created using an AFP connection can not be accessed when using a
    > subsequent SMB connection. The file is there, but is unassociated with its
    > application. The reverse is also true.

    Unfortunately, this will be a problem you'll encounter during the transition
    away from using File Services for Mac to SMB.

    Mac File Services will retain the resource forks as well as the data forks
    in a single file as originally designed. SMB, however, does not understand
    this forked solution so to compensate Mac OS X will split the file into two
    files keeping the data under the original file name and the resource
    information in a file similarly named but with a "._" at the beginning.

    Therefore, files placed by Macs connecting via AFP will not be recognized by
    Macs connecting via SMB because there is no "._" file present and files
    placed by Macs connecting via SMB will not be recognized by Macs connecting
    via AFP because the resource has been separated from the original file.

    You can still open the files by dragging and dropping them onto the correct
    application or opening the files through the correct application. The
    information is still valid.

    You may have some luck educating your Mac users to always use three
    character file extensions that Windows machines are accustomed to such as
    .doc for Word files, .xls for Excel, .psd for Photoshop, etc.

    Hope this helps! bill 

    -- 
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP)
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