10.4: Avoid a 10.3/10.4 file sharing bug

Jun 01, '05 09:32:00AM

Contributed by: scottjenson

Tiger only hintHere's a workaround for a somewhat obscure file sharing bug. If you have an external drive on a Panther machine you are sharing, do NOT check the Ignore Ownership box in the Get Info window. If you do, there is a bug in the Tiger client such that it can no longer write to that drive -- reading is fine.

I called Apple's tech support and was able to get their tech to reproduce the problem. He seemed quite surprised that this was such a simple bug to reproduce. I have not confirmed if this problem occurs when sharing drives between Tiger and Tiger.

I turned this checkbox on as I have a very simple network and want people to read/write anywhere on this drive and not get ownership headaches. Unix in a nice OS, but its file permissions, while very powerful, are not well suited for a home network where security is a very low priority.

[robg adds: I can't confirm this one, as I no longer have a Panther machine available. But it's apparently been verified by Apple, so hopefully, a fix is coming soon...]

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