OSX 10.6.3 issue - Advanced Samba config?

[samonkey]

OS X 10.6.3 "Snow Leopard" is a never-ending joy of bugginess. They fixed some samba/fat32 etc. related bugs in the latest update, but introduced a new one:
discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2381606&tstart=25

The gist is that it is related to extended attributes. There are 2 approaches to solve it:

- one is client-based: use xattr -d to painstakingly remove all extended attributes from any file to be copied to a samba server (like our 5200 non-pro) before copying it. I have verified that just now. Even using a script it's a pain, and I can't expect our users to deal with that. Same for cp -X, the commandline is totally alien to them.

- The other is server-based: turn off unix extensions: One thread:
www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20100405023255445
The problem I have is that the 5200 is not a regular old Linux PC, but an embedded server... Is there a way to edit the 5200's samba config to include "unix extensions = no"?

Cheers for any help!

[drewy]

yeah, there is at least one way.
The smb.conf file is rebuilt at boot, so editting the file won't help you.
But what you can do is install the META module, which will allow you to run shell scripts at start up or shutdown.
Once you have this installed you need to write a shell script to modifiy the samba conf file once the 5200 has finished booting.

Have a search around this forum and you'll find examples. Try
thecususergroup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=n5200firmware&action=display&thread=1482&page=2

[samonkey]

Thanks, I'll look into that! Even though my script-fu isn't exactly strong...

[rookie]

Not for the N5200(Pro) devices, but just to show Thecus is doing something on that issue, check:

www.thecus.com/Downloads/beta/Thecus_NAS_FW_beta_3.03.00.3.txt

8. Added a selectable option to enable/disable "UNIX extensions".

[karipk]

I had the same problem, but instead of fiddling with the thecus I decided to start using the nfs for macs. I changed the id of the user in mac to match the id's in thecus. And then you can use disk utility to mount nfs drives.
www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090830073912179

You can change the user id on macs easily on System preferences.

Kari