I am running SAMBA on Redhat Linux 7.x. I have a share for our office as a file server. The regular Win9x client can browse / edit / delete and use the server with no issues from the Windows Explorer / Applications except for one. We run AutoCAD (drafting) with an extension Cadpipe. Cadpipe has it's own file browser style interface where you add files to a list to create a 'project'. The issue is that Cadpipe only can see files on local drives not our SAMBA share. You can navigate the directory hierarchy on the share but no files are available for selection. They are there and you can see them from Windows Explorer but not via Cadpipe. If the files are on a local drive all is well. Currently users are cutting the files off the server, pasting them to their local systems and vice versa when they are done. As you can imagine this causes problems with lost files etc and defeats the reason for having the server in the first place. Any obvious ideas / places to start looking? Thanks, Dan -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed
Protocol issue? Cadpipe uses TCP/IP? Stranger things have happened.... PV -----Original Message----- From: Dan Tappin [mailto:dan.tappin@orourke-eng.com] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:53 PM To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] Strange Share Trouble I am running SAMBA on Redhat Linux 7.x. I have a share for our office as a file server. The regular Win9x client can browse / edit / delete and use the server with no issues from the Windows Explorer / Applications except for one. We run AutoCAD (drafting) with an extension Cadpipe. Cadpipe has it's own file browser style interface where you add files to a list to create a 'project'. The issue is that Cadpipe only can see files on local drives not our SAMBA share. You can navigate the directory hierarchy on the share but no files are available for selection. They are there and you can see them from Windows Explorer but not via Cadpipe. If the files are on a local drive all is well. Currently users are cutting the files off the server, pasting them to their local systems and vice versa when they are done. As you can imagine this causes problems with lost files etc and defeats the reason for having the server in the first place. Any obvious ideas / places to start looking? Thanks, Dan -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed
Here is a support e-mail from Cadpipe: What are UNC drives?? Dan> -----Original Message----- > From: Jerri Ness [mailto:cadpipe@telusplanet.net] > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:56 PM > To: Dan Tappin > Subject: Re: Cadpipe Question > > > Dan Tappin, > > With 5.4, if your network is not UNC drives, you should be able to > update the cadpipe.ini file in your windows directory to reflect the > location of your cadpipe programs. If your network is using UNC > drive locations, you should likely upgrade your Cadpipe. > > Best Regards, > > Jerri Ness > > Technical Support > AEC Design Group - Orange Technologies > www.cadpipe.com-----Original Message----- From: Paul Vasquez [mailto:paul.vasquez@veritas.com] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:07 PM To: 'dan.tappin@orourke-eng.com'; Paul Vasquez Subject: RE: [Samba] Strange Share Trouble I agree. Do you know if Cadpipe even supports this functionality? Working for a software company, I would see this as a defect if it did not. At the least, a high priority enhancement. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Dan Tappin [mailto:dan.tappin@orourke-eng.com] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 4:47 PM To: Paul Vasquez Subject: RE: [Samba] Strange Share Trouble Cadpipe's browser only allows you to select local drives. I have mapped both a SMB share and a normal Windows share... both do not work. I think I am SOL. Dan -----Original Message----- From: Paul Vasquez [mailto:paul.vasquez@veritas.com] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:29 PM To: 'dan.tappin@orourke-eng.com' Subject: RE: [Samba] Strange Share Trouble I am not running Cadpipe at all. Just thought since Cadpipe has "its own" browser, it may want IPX/SPX instead of TCP/IP. Does Cadpipe work with a normal Windows share/mapped drive? PV
In the Windows world, you can refer to a drive/location either by letter (A: - Z:) or via its Universal Naming Convention (UNC), such \\companyserver\mydocs Hope that helps. Scott At 09:55 AM 10/22/2002 -0600, Dan Tappin wrote:>Here is a support e-mail from Cadpipe: > >What are UNC drives?? > >Dan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jerri Ness [mailto:cadpipe@telusplanet.net] > > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:56 PM > > To: Dan Tappin > > Subject: Re: Cadpipe Question > > > > > > Dan Tappin, > > > > With 5.4, if your network is not UNC drives, you should be able to > > update the cadpipe.ini file in your windows directory to reflect the > > location of your cadpipe programs. If your network is using UNC > > drive locations, you should likely upgrade your Cadpipe. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Jerri Ness > > > > Technical Support > > AEC Design Group - Orange Technologies > > www.cadpipe.com > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Vasquez [mailto:paul.vasquez@veritas.com] >Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:07 PM >To: 'dan.tappin@orourke-eng.com'; Paul Vasquez >Subject: RE: [Samba] Strange Share Trouble > > >I agree. Do you know if Cadpipe even supports this functionality? Working >for a software company, I would see this as a defect if it did not. At the >least, a high priority enhancement. > > >Paul > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dan Tappin [mailto:dan.tappin@orourke-eng.com] >Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 4:47 PM >To: Paul Vasquez >Subject: RE: [Samba] Strange Share Trouble > > >Cadpipe's browser only allows you to select local drives. > >I have mapped both a SMB share and a normal Windows share... both do not >work. I think I am SOL. > >Dan >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Vasquez [mailto:paul.vasquez@veritas.com] >Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:29 PM >To: 'dan.tappin@orourke-eng.com' >Subject: RE: [Samba] Strange Share Trouble > > >I am not running Cadpipe at all. Just thought since Cadpipe has "its own" >browser, it may want IPX/SPX instead of TCP/IP. Does Cadpipe work with a >normal Windows share/mapped drive? > >PV > >-- >To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba