samba - Jan 2001 - smbmounted file system directories not updated

I am running samba 2.0.7 under RH Linux 7.0 and mounting a share from
a Windows 2000 Pro laptop using smbmount. [Linux is actually running
on a VMWare virtual machine.]

When I create a file or directory, that change is NOT visible to any
directory listings on the linux side (ls or dired mode in emacs).

However, I *can* access that file by name and copy, delete, or rename
it with no problems.

If I unmount and remount the win2k share, then the file becomes
visible.

I assume this is some kind of caching phenomenon, but in some cases,
it seems to have lasted for a long time (e.g., an hour). 

Is there some parameter that I can set (e.g., in smb.conf or in
/etc/fstab) that can control this?

Thanks for any help you can give,

--Tom

On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Thomas G. Dietterich wrote:
> If I unmount and remount the win2k share, then the file becomes
> visible.
> 
> I assume this is some kind of caching phenomenon, but in some cases,
> it seems to have lasted for a long time (e.g., an hour). 
It is a caching bug. The code assumes incorrectly that mtime on the dir 
will be updated, but that doesn't happen vs all servers and filesystems.

Upgrade your kernel to 2.2.18 (RH7 = 2.2.16 ?)

/Urban