searching shared drive - AE/n

[Kevin Callahan]

On Mar 11, 2007, at 5:48 PM, Chad Leigh wrote:

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> On Mar 11, 2007, at 6:23 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
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>> On Mar 11, 2007, at 1:39 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
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>>>> On Mar 11, 2007, at 4:26 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
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>>>>> Wondering if anyone else on this list  has bought the AE/n and  
>>>>> has shared out a LaCie drive and is able to search the drive  
>>>>> with the Finder (searches fine using CLI)?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, want to mention that while I switched from the Belkin USB  
>>>>> hub to an Iogear hub, the drive still falls off the network.    
>>>>> Not as frequently as with the Belkin, but I still have to  
>>>>> restart the AE/n regularly in order to bring the drive back  
>>>>> online.   Would be valuable to hear if this is something due to  
>>>>> the LaCie or if it's something relating to the AE/n itself.
>>>>>
>>>>> A friend was asking me if he should buy the new AE/n and I had  
>>>>> to tell him I'm having search and drive-availability issues.   
>>>>> I'm hoping someone on this list can assure me that it's unique  
>>>>> to my setup.
>>
>> update:
>> I've ruled out the hub (plugged the LaCie 250 directly into the AE/ 
>> n (N-only setup) and still can't search the drive.
>> I stuck a miniStack on the AE/n -- mounts fine - can't search via  
>> Finder
>>
>> Rik and I have privately exchanged screenshots where I show how  
>> searches come up empty .. whereas with his LaCie 160, searches via  
>> Finder work fine.   We each have password for the disk set to  
>> "disk password".
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> Does this happen with all accounts on all your machines?

i have only one account on this machine ..
  but from the other machines on the network (with other users) I get  
the same results

I was wondering about permissions --
the drives show up as root/wheel

i can search via the CLI as my current user, though
just can't do it via Finder

K


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> Chad
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>> :-(
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>> Is Rik the only other AE/n user on this list with a shared drive?
>>
>> K
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