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Q127931: Macintosh System 7.5 File Find Returns Error -5000

Article: Q127931
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.50
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use Macintosh System 7.5 File Find to access a Windows NT server with
Services for Macintosh installed, the following error message appears if you
encounter a folder or file that you do not have access to:

  Find File Reports: incorrect appletalk access for this folder.
  Server may have gone off-line -5000.

CAUSE
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Because Windows NT Server does not support the FpCatSearch (Catalog Search) API
(what the Macintosh client normally calls to do the File-Find), the Macintosh
client enumerates all files and folders on the disk (using the FpEnumerate API)
and filters for matches itself. Under System 7.1, if the Enumerate call on a
folder fails because a user does not have access to the folder, the Macintosh
client keeps enumerating directories that it does have access to, and continues
the search. A trace (sniff) shows that under System 7.5 Macintosh clients
display the error noted above and terminate the search when they encounter a
directory that cannot be enumerated, because the client does not have access to
the directory.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Server version 3.5.
This problem was corrected in Windows NT version 3.51.

Additional query words: prodnt 3.50 Macintosh Connectivity

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT350search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS350search
Version           : 3.50

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