strange behavior Lion SMB with Vista clients

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strange behavior Lion SMB with Vista clients

Hi,

I have a problem with the SMB server in Lion. The configuration is as followes:

- Server: Lion Server (10.7.1) on Mac Mini

- Clients: Mixed, WinXP/Vista/7, 10.6/10.7

Problem:

Vista client have a problem with the SMB shares on Lion.

When I add for example a new folder, in explorer the folder shows up as "ew Folder" instead of "New Folder".

When I try to change the name of the created folder, Windows report it can't find the folder. When I refresh the explorer, the foldername is correct.

It also occurs when creating new files, change files, etc.

It only happens on the Windows Vista client, on Windows XP/7 I have no problems with it.

I can reproduce the problem. On a clean install of 10.7 server and Win Vista the problems exists.

Posted on Sep 1, 2011 1:30 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 14, 2011 12:55 AM in response to Jeroen Bremmer

I can confirm, I've got the same problem here.

Any ideas to fix?

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Answer 2

Oct 14, 2011 2:25 AM in response to Jeroen Bremmer

Even after 10.7.2 Server upgrade the problem described byJeroen still remain.

Did someone has a Windows Vista client machine that write files and folders correctly to an SMB share on Lion?

When I say correctly i mean with correct name (example: in my network vista machine can write in SMB share on Lion, but when we add a new folder, this news folder is shown with "ew Folder" instead of "New Folder. Only refreshing explorer we can see the real correct folder name).

This problem doesn't affect ours XP and Vindows 7 clients that are working very well.

Any ideas and solutions?

thanks

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