[solutionize]

I am running Mac OS X 10.5.2 (Leopard) and I am experiencing serious problems when opening files stored on our network. For example: If I randomly try to copy a file from my desktop onto the server (to overwrite an existing file of the same name) I get an error message saying I don’t have sufficient privileges and the copy cannot be completed – the file stored on the server is then erased completely. This is obviously a very serious problem - random data loss when opening/copying files across the network is almost an unworkable situation and I am losing files all over the place.

Could this be a communication issue between Windows Server and my Mac OS?

I understand from doing some research that my version of Mac OS X (10.5.2) includes fixes that are supposed to address this and related bugs (eg. binding reliably to Active Directories on Windows servers) that were present in 10.5.0 but clearly that is not the case.

[ghporter]

The fixes ARE there-I had some serious problems with networking to Windows resources from 10.5.0, which 10.5.2 corrected. Your problem is pretty odd though-maybe it's some interaction between the particular server hardware and Windows Server. Which server OS version are you using?

[solutionize]

Thanks for replying to my query.
I'm connecting to a Windows 2003 Server standard edition service pack 2.

Sorry I can't give you more information.

[solutionize]

Hi I was comparing the system preferences between the

- MAC 10.3 Panther Version which works fine with the network

and

- MAC 10.5.2 Leopard Version; the one that has trouble working correctly

I have uploaded the screenshots, hopefully this can help find the trouble.









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[ghporter]

You don't show what the other part of the screen on the 10.5.2 machine shows when you select File Sharing. When you select File Sharing, click the Options button and then select at least "Share files and folders using SMB." That should do the trick for you.