File sharing MAC-PC

Hi,

I' ve got a problem on a network whit one server win2k and clients whit
windows and MAC.
Some files generated by the macs can not be written on the window server
because the name contains any characters that windows didn't accept.
Can I format one partition (or phisical disk) of my windows server to work
whit this files MAC?

If not, how can I do?

Thanks

Samuele

On 2/19/04 7:36 AM, in article ##(E-Mail Removed),
"Ciscomputer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I' ve got a problem on a network whit one server win2k and clients whit
> windows and MAC.
> Some files generated by the macs can not be written on the window server
> because the name contains any characters that windows didn't accept.
> Can I format one partition (or phisical disk) of my windows server to work
> whit this files MAC?

Hi Samuele!

If you have enabled File Services for Macintosh and are connecting to the
server via AFP (automatic in Mac OS 9, but optional in recent versions of
Mac OS X) then you shouldn't have this problem.

Are your Mac clients connecting via AFP or SMB?

Also, File Services for Macintosh require NTFS volumes on the server. There
are no special formats for just Mac clients.

Hope this helps! bill
--
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP)
Mactopia - Microsoft for Macs
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/

W2k has a built-in service for this. It is called File Services for
Macintosh. Yo install it from Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs.

"Ciscomputer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:##(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I' ve got a problem on a network whit one server win2k and clients whit
> windows and MAC.
> Some files generated by the macs can not be written on the window server
> because the name contains any characters that windows didn't accept.
> Can I format one partition (or phisical disk) of my windows server to work
> whit this files MAC?
>
> If not, how can I do?
>
> Thanks
>
> Samuele
>
>

Hi Bill,

I dont know MAC OS, so where I can look to see if the MAC clients are
connecting via AFP or SMB?
5 of this clients are OS 9.2 and they doesen't work.

Thanks



"William M. Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:BC5AE45A.39BB0%(E-Mail Removed) ...
> On 2/19/04 7:36 AM, in article ##(E-Mail Removed),
> "Ciscomputer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I' ve got a problem on a network whit one server win2k and clients whit
> > windows and MAC.
> > Some files generated by the macs can not be written on the window server
> > because the name contains any characters that windows didn't accept.
> > Can I format one partition (or phisical disk) of my windows server to
work
> > whit this files MAC?
>
> Hi Samuele!
>
> If you have enabled File Services for Macintosh and are connecting to the
> server via AFP (automatic in Mac OS 9, but optional in recent versions of
> Mac OS X) then you shouldn't have this problem.
>
> Are your Mac clients connecting via AFP or SMB?
>
> Also, File Services for Macintosh require NTFS volumes on the server.
There
> are no special formats for just Mac clients.
>
> Hope this helps! bill
> --
> William M. Smith
> (Microsoft Interop MVP)
> Mactopia - Microsoft for Macs
> http://www.microsoft.com/mac/
>

On 2/20/04 3:12 AM, in article (E-Mail Removed),
"Ciscomputer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Hi Bill,
>
> I dont know MAC OS, so where I can look to see if the MAC clients are
> connecting via AFP or SMB?
> 5 of this clients are OS 9.2 and they doesen't work.

Hi Samuele!

If your Mac clients are running Mac OS 9.2, then they can only use AFP
(Apple Filing Protocol) for file sharing.

This means your servers must have File Services for Macintosh installed,
which installs AFP on the server so that the Macs can connect.

The Macs will not be able to create or name files on the server that the
server can not understand. AFP along with NTFS allows a Mac to use certain
Windows-illegal characters such as "/". Macs can use far more characters
than Windows with the exception of a colon ":". A colon on a Mac is the
equivalent of a "/" on Windows. It denotes a change in directory.

The problem you're seeing must be something different. What messages are you
receiving that indicate the file names are something your Macs can't use?

bill
--
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP)
Give Microsoft Mac feedback!
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/feedback/suggestion.asp

Hi Bill,

the problem is that when I try to copy some folders from the macs to the
windows server it stops and say that some file couldn't be copied on the
server.
those aren't system files or something in use, and if I remane that files I
can copy it.

Sorry for my bad english...




"William M. Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:BC5C3992.3A13A%(E-Mail Removed) ...
> On 2/20/04 3:12 AM, in article (E-Mail Removed),
> "Ciscomputer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > I dont know MAC OS, so where I can look to see if the MAC clients are
> > connecting via AFP or SMB?
> > 5 of this clients are OS 9.2 and they doesen't work.
>
> Hi Samuele!
>
> If your Mac clients are running Mac OS 9.2, then they can only use AFP
> (Apple Filing Protocol) for file sharing.
>
> This means your servers must have File Services for Macintosh installed,
> which installs AFP on the server so that the Macs can connect.
>
> The Macs will not be able to create or name files on the server that the
> server can not understand. AFP along with NTFS allows a Mac to use certain
> Windows-illegal characters such as "/". Macs can use far more characters
> than Windows with the exception of a colon ":". A colon on a Mac is the
> equivalent of a "/" on Windows. It denotes a change in directory.
>
> The problem you're seeing must be something different. What messages are
you
> receiving that indicate the file names are something your Macs can't use?
>
> bill
> --
> William M. Smith
> (Microsoft Interop MVP)
> Give Microsoft Mac feedback!
> http://www.microsoft.com/mac/feedback/suggestion.asp
>