Home folder stored on a NetApp NTFS share

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jcb75 Author

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Home folder stored on a NetApp NTFS share

Hello,

One of my customer is trying to integrate his Mac clients within Windows 2008 R2 AD.

He has created users with the home directory located on a shared folder.

The situation is:

- if the share is hosted on a Windows server, it works fine and all environment is saved correctly, preferences are saved and retrieved at every session opening and closing.

- if the share is hosted on a NetApp system, on a CIFS share, the preferences are not saved. We can see many files created, but it seems that the system cannot save them correctly.

Posted on Jun 6, 2013 7:36 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 6, 2013 10:42 AM in response to jcb75

Check with NetApp; seems like you've isolated the issue to that device? That'd then imply a problem with the NetApp CIFS/SMB server or its associated configuration or capabilities, or some other NetApp-specific issue.

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Answer 2

Jun 21, 2013 5:12 AM in response to MrHoffman

Hello everybody,

Exactly the same issue !

Works perfectly with 10.6.8 (snow leopard), 10.7.5 (Lion) but not with 10.8.3 and 10.8.4 (Mountain Lion)

Temporary files cannot saved on the CIFS shares hosted by the NetApp

I opening a call to NetApp. I'm still awaiting an answer.

I will inform you as soon as possible if we can found a true solution.

Have a nice day

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Answer 3

jcb75 Author

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Oct 23, 2013 4:18 AM in response to jcb75

Hello,

My customer has confirmed that Maverick has solved the issue (my customer is lolipale74200 😉)

The preferences are working fine now.

I'll keep the thread updated, but for now, for anyone having the issue, consider upgrading to 10.9 Maverick.

Regards,

Jean-Christophe

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