File on Server display as Unix Executable Files

kmahoney · #1 November 6th, 2007, 01:44 PM

I have a problem with Unix Executable Files. When I access a file on our server using 10.4.x most files display as Unix Executable File. The same file accessed using 10.3.x displays the proper file creator icon and description. This seems to be a Tiger issue and it is causing a lot of grief. Many of the files are Quark and fonts. Adding extensions to the files is not an option.

xero · #2 November 15th, 2007, 09:40 AM

can you tell me about the file server... is it a windows server and your accessing over the SMB protocol?

kmahoney · #3 November 15th, 2007, 11:17 AM

It is an Apple server, G5 running 10.4.9 Server. We connect using afp.

Go3iverson · #4 November 19th, 2007, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kmahoney

I have a problem with Unix Executable Files. When I access a file on our server using 10.4.x most files display as Unix Executable File. The same file accessed using 10.3.x displays the proper file creator icon and description. This seems to be a Tiger issue and it is causing a lot of grief. Many of the files are Quark and fonts. Adding extensions to the files is not an option.

Most of the times I've seen this is due to legacy data that may not have had the proper OS X specific data uploaded with it.

Was the data ever housed on something besides an HFS+ formatted volume or migrated in a way that isn't "OS X aware"?

Michael