Topic: Mac users can't copy large files to ibay.

[Alexander]

When Mac users try to copy large files or folders to an ibay they get a Mac OS Error -50. The mighty www tells me that this is a paramErr which doesn't make me the wiser.

Anyone seen this? Any solutuions?

op

[Chris O'Donovan]

I had this "-50" problem when copying executable files from a mac to an ibay. It is a permissions issue on the hidden files created by the macintosh for its resource forks.

If you go to the ibay configuration and change the "Public access via web or anonymous ftp" to "none" the problem goes away.
It goes away because the mac mounts the files subdirectory of the ibay (for which it has write permission) instead of ibay directory (for which it only has read permission).

When using macs you should use separate ibays for web
content and file sharing. This should be in the e-smith manual.

Chris