Samba and Explorer.
Running a pretty stock Debian 3.0 system and samba 2.2.3-a6. For some reason when i have a share open in the Windows explorer, the left tre pane doesnt update if i move files/directories on the samba server. The directories are still visible in the left pane, and shows as empty if i open them. How can i make things fall back into sync?
lewisg
Have you tried pressing F5 on the windows machine? What version of Windows?
ASKER
Yes. F5, close the pane, disconnect and reconnect the share, closed explorer and reopened it. W2k Pro and W98SE
Are you "move(ing) files/directories on the samba server" using explorer on one of the Windows machines?
If you are moving them using a logon with different rights on the server machine I can see where you might not be able to see them when they are moved.
If you are moving them using a logon with different rights on the server machine I can see where you might not be able to see them when they are moved.
ASKER
No. Moving with explorer works. But directly manipulating files on the unix server causes this. But it does not happen when using resources of our RedHat Samba Servers, and i cant find any real diff between the confgis.
I've seen the same thing with a copy of Samba running on FreeBSD 4.4. Since I had built Samba from sources, it was easy enough to build Samba from the same sources for Solaris 2.7 and RedHat 7.1. Using the same config file I didn't have the problem with Solaris or with RedHat. So I figured it had to be something in the way Samba and the host OS got along.
I don't know if your problem is from the same cause and you'd really want to use a copy built from source on Debian and RedHat to figure out if is directly related to the OS.
I don't know if your problem is from the same cause and you'd really want to use a copy built from source on Debian and RedHat to figure out if is directly related to the OS.
did you check following setting in smb.conf:
change notify timeout
change notify timeout
ASKER
change notify was set to default (60 seconds). Reducing it makes no difference.
And also, as i said. The _right_ pane in windows explorer works correctly. But the left doesnt.
And also, as i said. The _right_ pane in windows explorer works correctly. But the left doesnt.
Does following produce the correct listing?
smbclient \\\\SERVER\\j2 -U j2 -W FUNNT -c dir
if so, the problem needs to be tracked down in the Explorer, not Samba.
smbclient \\\\SERVER\\j2 -U j2 -W FUNNT -c dir
if so, the problem needs to be tracked down in the Explorer, not Samba.
ASKER
That produces the correct listing. Well, if it is an explorer problem, why doesnt it behave the same with a RedHat samba server?
strange, indeed ...
Do you have the same smb.conf for RH-Samba and other-Samba?
Do you have the same smb.conf for RH-Samba and other-Samba?
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Yeap. same config. But i just realised that the Debian box is using XFS and the Redhat uses ext2. Ill set up a shre on the deb box on one of its ext3 (as close as ill get) and see.. But i dont think that should matter?
As an aside, and totally irrelevant comment here, if you have a SMB share open in Windows Explorer on Win2000, right mouse click a file you only have read access to, got to the 'security tab' and change the properties to full access... Windows Explorer crashes bigtime.
Nick :)
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