[CentOS] Centos 5 Samba File Server dropping files
Jim Perrin
jperrin at gmail.com
Fri Jan 11 03:36:17 UTC 2008
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?
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