DW CS3 cross-platform check in/out file locking

Here is my setup:
* Apple X-Serve file server (as a mapped drive on several
Windows XPsp2
machines and a shared drive on one Mac 10.4)
* Up-to-date Dreamweaver CS3 on every machine (3 windows, 1
mac)
* Enable file check in and check out (site preference for all
installations)
* Contribute compatibility (site preference for all
installations)
The problem is that when a file is checked in on the mac, the
file becomes
locked such that the windows machines can't check out the
file. All of the
windows machines check out and check in files with no problem
if the mac hasn't
touched them. Once the mac has checked in a file, I have to
"unlock" the file
via the right-click context menu on the file. (This unlock is
called "Turn off
Read Only" on the windows version.)
Windows FTP Log on check out after mac check in:
/.../public_html/help/faq.php - locked
/.../public_html/help/faq.php - error occurred - An FTP error
occurred -
cannot get faq.php.
/.../public_html/help/faq.php - unlocked
Apparently the Mac DW CS3 version of "Check in" and the
Windows DW CS3 version
of "Check in" are different and incompatible. Has anyone else
had this problem
or know of a solution? Removing the Mac is not an option.
This may or may not be related, but whenever a file is opened
on the operating
system other than last edited (mac opens windows edited file
or windows opens
mac edited file), the "Overwrite local copy" dialog shows up
when checking out
a file. When a compare is made of the server/local files,
there are no changes.
Both mac and windows have the same line ending settings in
the preferences.
http://www.hostingforum.ca/700363-cs3-cross-platform-check-out-file-locking.html
I'm having exactly the same issue. Has anyone experienced
this before, and if so have a solution?
Thanks in advance!

In your Site definition, you need to specify the Remote Info
of your
server, and then "Enable file checkin and checkout".
HTH,
Randy
djdeel wrote:
> I am unable to check out a file using the context menu
when right clicking on the file.

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> New to the forums, new to Dreamweaver. I was recently
hired to manage a
> small
> companies web site. They use Dreamweaver MX. I have
hardly used
> Dreamweaver
> but its generally simple to catch on to. My boss lives
in another state
> so we
> communicate via emails and phone calls. He currently
manages the websites
> which I am taking over. He will still poke into the site
off and on and
> we are
> trying to find a way to not overwrite each others files.
>
> I noticed the check in and out from remote and have been
looking for more
> information on how it works and how to use it along with
any issues we
> might
> have. It seems pretty straight forward but we are
looking for some sort
> of
> documentation to see if it is what we need to use. I
work on the site
> during
> the day and he works on it at night so I dont think it
will be too much of
> an
> issue but on those rare occassions we want to know what
will be best.
>
> If I modify a file during the day whats to say he has or
gets my current
> file
> then modifies it rather than me making changes and
uploading it then he
> makes
> changes then uploads it then finds that a newer file
exists so he would
> have to
> update the file then make changes to it after wasting
that time and
> effort.
>
> Hope this makes sense, looking for information and
feedback.
>
> Thanks!
>

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has not checked
> them
> back in before I check them out?
>
> I actually transfer my files between machines so the
check data must be in
> the
> files somehow.
>
> Are there any dangers doing it this way?
>

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