[X4U] Long file names on non-Mac servers

[Simon Forster]

On 27 Oct 2006, at 07:30, Brett Conlon wrote:

> We have a non-Mac server in Pre-Press (sorry the people to ask if  
> it is
> Windows or Unix are not available right now). Whenever the  
> designers in
> our studio try to copy files with names longer than 31 characters  
> it gives
> them a failure warning - no worries... we have this as part of our
> plotting to Pre-Press procedures.
>
> However there are 3 (so far) Macs in our studio that somehow are  
> breaking
> this rule.

You've got a Windows 2000 or XP server. Quite why you're seeing the  
differences eludes me (Stroller, any idea?) but check the OS version  
on the 3 Macs showing this problem versus the others which aren't.  
Also, check the mechanism by which the 3 Macs mount the remote  
volume. Are some connecting via Windows file sharing and some via AFP?


Simon Forster
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