[CentOS] Centos 5 Samba File Server dropping files

Fri Jan 11 02:33:29 UTC 2008
Christopher Chan <christopher at ias.com.hk>

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.