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?
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.
I'm using Centos 5, smbclient Version 3.0.23c-2.el5.2.0.2
Any help is greatly appreciated! As you might imagine, a file server dropping folders of files into the ether is a cause for concern.
I don't think the answer is in the samba config file (It works fine under all other circumstances), but here it is, just in case:
[global] workgroup = platinum server string = Receptionist security = user hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.0. 127. ; load printers = yes ; printing = cups cups options = raw log level = 2 log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 interfaces = lo eth0 os level = 33 ;preferred master = yes ; wins support = yes wins server = 192.168.1.130 dns proxy = no username map = /etc/samba/smbusers veto files = /lost+found encrypt passwords = yes ; guest ok = no ; guest account = nobody [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writeable = yes [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service path = /misc2/shares/netlogon guest ok = yes browseable = No [network-resources] path = /misc2/shares/network-resources guest ok = no browseable = yes writeable = yes writelist = jae [printers] comment = All Printers path = /usr/spool/samba printable = yes guest ok = yes [win-profiles] path = /home/win-profiles browseable = yes writeable = yes # create mask = 0666 # directory mask = 0777 profile acls = yes csc policy = disable [FILE REPO] path = /misc2/FILE_REPO comment = "Restore files from here." write list = jae browseable = yes writeable = no guest ok = no [AllAccess] path = /misc2/shares/all.access comment = "No company sensitive files here." writeable = yes guest ok = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 3771 [SharePPSI] path = /misc2/shares/share.ppsi writeable = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 2771 [Investor Statements] path = "/misc2/shares/share.ppsi/Investor Statements" writeable = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 2771 write list = @investor-statements valid users = @investor-statements [Compliance] path = "/misc2/shares/share.ppsi/Compliance" writeable = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 2771 [script] path = /misc2/shares/script comment = "" force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 2770 write list = jae [script.data] path = /misc2/shares/script.data comment = "" writeable = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 3771 [automail] path = /misc2/shares/automail comment = "Automatic mailing of text files" writeable = yes guest ok = no force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 3771 [forms] path = /misc2/shares/share.ppsi/forms writeable = yes browseable = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 2771