Odd OS X Samba to Linux issue and workaround
Jun 09, '04 10:11:00AM • Contributed by: Anonymous
For many weeks here at work, I had not been able to connect to a sharepoint on our linux server. There are 2 shares defined on the server, and their setups are identical in the smb.conf. the first share, "Our_Share" is the troublesome one. The second share, "Utilities," was perfectly accessible. I tried different ways of accessing the shares, but couldn't get to "Our_Share" no matter what I tried. I always got error -43 "The operation could not be completed because one or more items could not be found."
On a whim, I tried this: I used the "Connect to Server" option in the Finder, , but with the full pathname to the share (previously, I either browsed or just used the machine name), rather than selecting the share from the dropdown list when connecting to the server. This worked. I can now access both shares successfully. I'm still wondering why this happens, and if anyone has any info relating to this apparent bug.