Mac Shares show nothing

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I have a Mac share setup on a folder that has mounted volumes
underneath.
Sometimes, I can connect to the share but can't see anything in the
folder. Other times I can see some things in the folders and finally
there are times when everything shows up.
 
I have a Mac share setup on a folder that has mounted volumes
underneath.
Sometimes, I can connect to the share but can't see anything in the
folder. Other times I can see some things in the folders and finally
there are times when everything shows up.
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You're mixing terms that don't go together so I'm not quite sure I
understand your problem.

First, "share" is a Windows only term and "volume" is a Mac only term.
They are essentially the same thing and serve the same function but for
different client types. Windows clients access server files through
Windows shares via the network. Mac clients access server files through
Mac volumes via the network.

Can you explain what you mean by having a Mac share with mounted volumes
underneath?

Also, what version of server and what Mac OS are you using?

Thanx! bill
 
I'm confusing myself too. Let's get this in more basic terms.

I have a window 2000 server with File Services for Macintosh
installed.
I made a Macintosh share on the windows box.

Mac users can select afp://my-win2k-server-name/sharename and access
the share. Problem is they can't see everything all of the time. This
happens to both 9.22(?) and 10.2 users.
Can you explain what you mean by having a Mac share with mounted volumes
underneath?
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By this I meant that I have disks mounted to NTFS folders in win2k.
It's probably not related to my problem.
 
I'm confusing myself too. Let's get this in more basic terms.

I have a window 2000 server with File Services for Macintosh
installed.
I made a Macintosh share on the windows box.
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Actually, you've made a Macintosh volume. I know this is semantics, but
a Mac "volume" is not a Windows "share" although they essentially serve
the same purpose. Any client connecting via AFP will connect to a
volume. Any client connecting via SMB (Windows or Mac) will connect to a
share.
Mac users can select afp://my-win2k-server-name/sharename and access
the share. Problem is they can't see everything all of the time. This
happens to both 9.22(?) and 10.2 users.


By this I meant that I have disks mounted to NTFS folders in win2k.
It's probably not related to my problem.
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Server volumes mounted to NTFS folders on a Windows server are not
supported by AFP. For example, creating an NTFS folder on C: and
mounting the E: volume to the folder and then try to share that folder
as a Mac volume will not work.

I suspect that the reason you see some sporadic success in this is that
your Mac OS X clients may be connecting occasionally by SMB instead of
AFP. Your Mac OS 9 clients will always connect via AFP.

Is this what your seeing? Or have I misunderstood any details?

bill
 
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