[comp.sys.mac] Phantom AppleShare Folders

GTWW2Z9Z@umiami.miami.edu (Jason Gross) (07/06/89)

Ok, I know I'm going to get flamed for dredging up old material, but I really
need the info, so here goes...

We're running a small AppleShare (v2.01) network with two volumes.  Recently,
one of the users put a folder onto one of the volumes and now we are unable
to delete it.  With ResEdit, I was able find that the folder has the Locked,
Inited, System, Bozo, and Invisible attributes marked.  When I tried to
unmark them, I got a file locked error and the attributes were left unchanged.

Now, I remember many moons ago about someone else having trouble with one of
these phantom folders and I am hoping someone now can tell me how to get rid
of this folder.

Some specs:  The server is running on a Mac II with 2MB RAM and 40MB of disk
space.  It runs with System 6.02 and no concurrent applications are
being run.

Thanks for any help!

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wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner) (07/06/89)

We recently (as of this morning) have the same problem...  A folder and a file
on the AShare server refuse to be deleted.  Not only that, but the folder
(which contains a 3K text document) can't be opened...  There seems to be a
bug in AShare 2.01...

Solution: back-up the server, reformat hard drive, restore all but corrupted
files..  A pain, but it works.

b.bum
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