[CentOS] Centos 5 Samba File Server dropping files

Fri Jan 11 03:36:17 UTC 2008
Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com>

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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