[CentOS] Centos 5 Samba File Server dropping files

[J]

Jim Perrin wrote:
> On Jan 10, 2008 9:33 PM, Christopher Chan <christopher at ias.com.hk> wrote:
>   
>> J wrote:
>>     
>>> Twice I've gotten the report that a user has attempted to move a folder
>>> of many files up one level, and all of the files disappeared.  Searching
>>> for the files in the share proves that they aren't there any more, nor
>>> are they where they should have been moved to.  I desperately need to
>>> find the cause of this.  Has anyone else seen this happen on their file
>>> server?
>>>       
>> I think you are the first report for such a thing that I have ever heard.
>>
>>     
>>> The samba log file doesn't appear to be any help.  It just shows that
>>> some files were opened and closed.  The second user that I got this
>>> report from is a competent user.  From the Windows' client side, no
>>> error is generated.  They are just moved into a void.
>>>       
>> Are the Windows clients Vista? Just wondering.
>>     
>
> Also, did any other users have one of the moved files open when the
> move took place?
> Any permissions issues on the *nix side?
> Any special characters in the names which might cause LANG issues?
>   
No idea, on the first question.
Regarding permissions, she was in a path that was restricted to her 
group (someone in her group had moved the folder into that restricted 
path somehow), and moving it out to a path with less restrictive access.
As for number 3, they are creating and naming these files in Windows XP, 
so there's no telling what kind of characters are in the names...