Hi, I am using Fedora Core 3 as a server for both Unix (Solaris and HPUX) and Windows Xp clients. The Unix clients view the files through an NFS v3 share, and windows client use samba (3.0.8-0.pre1.3). When looking at a directory from the server, or from a Unix client, I can see 132 files. However, from the Windows client, I can only see 65 files. There appear to be nothing special about the files names (we have already removed spaces etc from the filenames incase they caused a problem). If I mount the samba shares via smbfs on the server (to a new mount point), I can see all 132 files, so I suspect the problem is not samba. I have checked the file permissions, and although they have various owners, all permissions are 666. There seems to be no consistency between files that are missing. I have tried a number of different Xp machines and they all exhibit the same symptoms. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. Many thanks Stuart. -- --------------------------------------- Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS ? ? ? ? ?LinuSoft (Proprietor) ? ? ? ? ? ?Linux Specialist ? ? ? ? ? ? (01953) 601294 ? ? ? ? ? ? (07778) 383739 ? ? ? ?http://www.linusoft.co.uk ---------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please email postmaster@linusoft.co.uk immediately. You should not copy or use this email or attachments for any purpose nor disclose their contents to any other person. NO BINDING CONTRACT WILL RESULT FROM THIS E-MAIL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A WRITTEN DOCUMENT IS SIGNED ON BEHALF OF LinuSoft. LinuSoft cannot accept any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks. *************************************************************************
Gerard Seibert
2005-Jul-05 20:44 UTC
[Samba] Files missing when using windows XP and samba
On Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:50:04 PM Stuart Bailey <stuart@linusoft.co.uk> wrote:>Hi, >I am using Fedora Core 3 as a server for both Unix (Solaris and HPUX) and >Windows Xp clients. The Unix clients view the files through an NFS v3 share, >and windows client use samba (3.0.8-0.pre1.3). >When looking at a directory from the server, or from a Unix client, I can see >132 files. However, from the Windows client, I can only see 65 files. There >appear to be nothing special about the files names (we have already removed >spaces etc from the filenames incase they caused a problem). >If I mount the samba shares via smbfs on the server (to a new mount point), I >can see all 132 files, so I suspect the problem is not samba. >I have checked the file permissions, and although they have various owners, >all permissions are 666. There seems to be no consistency between files that >are missing. >I have tried a number of different Xp machines and they all exhibit the same >symptoms. > >Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. > >Many thanks > >Stuart. > >-- >--------------------------------------- >Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS >? ? ? ? ?LinuSoft (Proprietor) >? ? ? ? ? ?Linux Specialist >? ? ? ? ? ? (01953) 601294 >? ? ? ? ? ? (07778) 383739 >? ? ? ?http://www.linusoft.co.uk >----------------------------------------********** Reply Separator ********** Tuesday, July 05, 2005 4:38:58 PM I have no idea if this would make any difference or not. On your WinXP machines, when you open a network folder, try clicking on the <tools> entry on the tool bar. Then open the <folder options> <View> tab. Make sure that the show hidden and system files option is checked. It is worth a try anyway. -- Gerard E. Seibert gerard-seibert@suscom.net
Thanks Gerard, I have tried that to no effect. The problem is still there. Many thanks, Stuart. On Tuesday 05 July 2005 21:44, Gerard Seibert wrote:>On Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:50:04 PM Stuart Bailey <stuart@linusoft.co.uk> wrote:> >Hi, > >I am using Fedora Core 3 as a server for both Unix (Solaris and HPUX) and > >Windows Xp clients. The Unix clients view the files through an NFS v3 > > share, and windows client use samba (3.0.8-0.pre1.3). > >When looking at a directory from the server, or from a Unix client, I can > > see 132 files. However, from the Windows client, I can only see 65 files. > > There appear to be nothing special about the files names (we have already > > removed spaces etc from the filenames incase they caused a problem). > >If I mount the samba shares via smbfs on the server (to a new mount > > point), I can see all 132 files, so I suspect the problem is not samba. > >I have checked the file permissions, and although they have various > > owners, all permissions are 666. There seems to be no consistency between > > files that are missing. > >I have tried a number of different Xp machines and they all exhibit the > > same symptoms. > > > >Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. > > > >Many thanks > > > >Stuart. > > > >-- > >--------------------------------------- > >Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS > >?? ?? ?? ?? ??LinuSoft (Proprietor) > >?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??Linux Specialist > >?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? (01953) 601294 > >?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? (07778) 383739 > >?? ?? ?? ??http://www.linusoft.co.uk > >---------------------------------------- > > ********** Reply Separator ********** > Tuesday, July 05, 2005 4:38:58 PM > > I have no idea if this would make any difference or not. On your WinXP > machines, when you open a network folder, try clicking on the <tools> > entry on the tool bar. Then open the <folder options> <View> tab. Make > sure that the show hidden and system files option is checked. > > It is worth a try anyway. > > -- > Gerard E. Seibert > gerard-seibert@suscom.net-- --------------------------------------- Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS ? ? ? ? ?LinuSoft (Proprietor) Linux Specialist ? ? ? ? ? ? (01953) 601294 ? ? ? ? ? ? (07778) 383739 ? ? ? ?http://www.linusoft.co.uk ---------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please email postmaster@linusoft.co.uk immediately. You should not copy or use this email or attachments for any purpose nor disclose their contents to any other person. NO BINDING CONTRACT WILL RESULT FROM THIS E-MAIL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A WRITTEN DOCUMENT IS SIGNED ON BEHALF OF LinuSoft. LinuSoft cannot accept any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks. *************************************************************************
Hi Stuart, By any chance, are the missing files very large? I am having a similar problem with Samba 3.0.14a on Irix 6.5.17, and in my case it appears to be related to file size. Large files (>1.2 GB) and the folders containing them do not show up on the Windows client. This problem did not exist in my previous version of Samba, 3.0.0 (which I've been forced to revert to). Cheers, Paul Stuart Bailey wrote:> Hi, > I am using Fedora Core 3 as a server for both Unix (Solaris and HPUX) and > Windows Xp clients. The Unix clients view the files through an NFS v3 share, > and windows client use samba (3.0.8-0.pre1.3). > When looking at a directory from the server, or from a Unix client, I can see > 132 files. However, from the Windows client, I can only see 65 files. There > appear to be nothing special about the files names (we have already removed > spaces etc from the filenames incase they caused a problem). > If I mount the samba shares via smbfs on the server (to a new mount point), I > can see all 132 files, so I suspect the problem is not samba. > I have checked the file permissions, and although they have various owners, > all permissions are 666. There seems to be no consistency between files that > are missing. > I have tried a number of different Xp machines and they all exhibit the same > symptoms. > > Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. > > Many thanks > > Stuart. >