In order to connect to my home file servers from work, I set them up to be WebDAV servers. However, I'm having a bit of a problem with Jaguar.
If I connect to the server from home, everything is fine. However, when I take my computer to work, I run into big problems.
Here's the order that everything happens: (let's assume my server is called "DAV")
1) I get to work...
2) I click on the "DAV" server icon.
3) The icon disappears (this isn't too surprising because the computer is behind a firewall)
4) I reset my proxy list in Network Preferences.
5) I try to reconnect to "DAV".
On step 5, I keep getting error # -36 (I really wish Apple could come up with something more descriptive than that).
I see that /Volumes/DAV is still hanging around on my machine. I try to delete it (using the sudo command) with no luck. The only way I can get rid of the directory is to reboot my machine. By the way, the shutdown hangs when I try this, so I'm stuck having to hold down the power button and then waiting about 5 minutes for the startup with the disk undergoes 'fsck'.
Once the machine reboots, I'm able to connect to "DAV" without troubles. However, when I take the machine home, I get the exact same problem.
A couple of questions:
1) Obviously, I'm doing something wrong, because it seems difficult to believe that Apple didn't intend people who have laptops to actually travel with them. And, since iDisk uses the webDAV technology, it would seem that iDisk users who travel would have similar problems.
2) Are there any plans for Apple to use a journalling file system? This 5 minute wait after a sudden shutdown seems so archaic.
3) Why do I have to change my network preferences when I go to work? When I hook into my work network, why can't the computer figure out from the DHCP server that I'm probably connected to my work network and automatically use my work preferences? Windows 98 does this automatically (it just works
)
If I connect to the server from home, everything is fine. However, when I take my computer to work, I run into big problems.
Here's the order that everything happens: (let's assume my server is called "DAV")
1) I get to work...
2) I click on the "DAV" server icon.
3) The icon disappears (this isn't too surprising because the computer is behind a firewall)
4) I reset my proxy list in Network Preferences.
5) I try to reconnect to "DAV".
On step 5, I keep getting error # -36 (I really wish Apple could come up with something more descriptive than that).
I see that /Volumes/DAV is still hanging around on my machine. I try to delete it (using the sudo command) with no luck. The only way I can get rid of the directory is to reboot my machine. By the way, the shutdown hangs when I try this, so I'm stuck having to hold down the power button and then waiting about 5 minutes for the startup with the disk undergoes 'fsck'.
Once the machine reboots, I'm able to connect to "DAV" without troubles. However, when I take the machine home, I get the exact same problem.
A couple of questions:
1) Obviously, I'm doing something wrong, because it seems difficult to believe that Apple didn't intend people who have laptops to actually travel with them. And, since iDisk uses the webDAV technology, it would seem that iDisk users who travel would have similar problems.
2) Are there any plans for Apple to use a journalling file system? This 5 minute wait after a sudden shutdown seems so archaic.
3) Why do I have to change my network preferences when I go to work? When I hook into my work network, why can't the computer figure out from the DHCP server that I'm probably connected to my work network and automatically use my work preferences? Windows 98 does this automatically (it just works
)
