Re: [WinMac] SFM thread (was Re: [WinMac Digest] #160 - 12/07/98)

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:37:19 -0500

        Ian:

        You are quite correct about the less-than-adequate documentation about
SFM. In general, for ANY file server, you don't want to share the root
level of a drive for ANY NOS -- NetWare, NT, *nix, OpenVMS, etc...

        The main reason for this is security, and especially if you've worked with
AppleShare 3.0 & 4.x servers you'd know this: Crack open the AppleShare PDS
file and you've broken in to the volume.

        As for the corrupted Desktop File issue, if stopping and restarting File
Service for Macintosh doesn't work, then create a new directory,
MacFile-enable it, and then move the files to the new directory.. Even with
File Server for Macintosh turned off, the NTFS data streams will still copy
correctly, preserving the fragile Resource forks.

At 02:52 PM 12/15/98 -0500, Ian wrote:
>>
>>Dan Schwartz wrote:
>>>
>>
>>> Also, a common mistake is to enable a MacFile volume
>>at the root level of
>>> a hard drive... Another common mistake is to load up an NTFS
>>volume to over
>>> about 75-80%.
>>>
>>
>>Er.. Don't mean to sound stupid, but... What happens when you
>>load up an NTFS
>>volume that much?
>>
>>
>>Christopher Giles
>
>Likewise, what happens if you make a SFM volume at the root level of the
>hard drive? I'd also like to know where you get this info from, since
>Microsoft didn't mention it during their course...Not that I doubt you, but
>I think the two caveats you bring up elucidate some of the problems with SFM
>on NT: It's poorly documented and behaves strangely.
>
>And for what it's worth, I once did have to reboot a NT Server to
>re-establish Mac access to a SFM partition; merely stopping and re-starting
>the service didn't help. The event viewer log said "Desktop Database for
>volume "FTP" could not be loaded. Reconstructing the database," and it
>still said that the next morning. Rebooting the server made SFM work again.
>
>ian

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