Ubuntu 7.10 on MacBook intel under VMWare/Parallels (I've seen the same problem under both VM environments).
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I've done cif (smb) mounts to a Mac share. I can access the share perfectly from a Windows VM or a FreeBSD VM or an outside Windows machine.
Now, let's say I have a directory on the share with a couple of files in it:
srcdir/
file1.txt
file2.txt
And I want to copy that dir to some other point on my share. So, I do it like this:
cp -R (...)/srcdir (...)/dstdir
What happens is Ubuntu complains that it can't create the directory - permission denied. But, when I look in the dstdir, the srcdir is created, but the files underneath aren't.
If I repeat the command, it then sees the directory is created, but then complains about the first file and permissions out, again. But, it appears to copy the file.
If I repeat the command, again, it may or may not complain about permissions for the second file.
Eventually, after several iterations, it all gets copied down - with a lot of complaints along the way.
I've opened up the permissions completely, I've made myself part of the 'root' group, but it still does this.
I suspect this is an Ubuntu issue, and I've posted the same question, there. Thought I'd run it by this community to see if it rings any bells.
Any thoughts greatly appreciated.
Thankx,
rickb
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