I was just wondering why does samba look for Desktop.ini when i am mapping to my home directory from w2k running samba 2.2.5 on sol2.6 , client is w2k am troubleshooting an weird issue where am not able to see all my unix home directory files on w2k log level10 is showing me that samba is looking for Desktop.ini could this be cousing something weired. thanks in advance
This is Windows not Samba! Slow down a little...things will make more sense. PG> -----Original Message----- > From: Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 [mailto:AJAVID1@motorola.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:04 PM > To: samba@lists.samba.org; samba-technical@lists.samba.org > Subject: Desktop.ini and samba - Please comment > > > > > I was just wondering why does samba look for Desktop.ini when > i am mapping > to my home directory from w2k > running samba 2.2.5 on sol2.6 , client is w2k > am troubleshooting an weird issue where am not able to see > all my unix home > directory files on w2k > > log level10 is showing me that samba is looking for Desktop.ini > > could this be cousing something weired. > > thanks in advance >
Javid Abdul-AJAVID1
2002-Jul-31 15:20 UTC
[Samba] RE: Desktop.ini and samba - Please comment
exactly, because its not causing to every unix user who is mapping but just curious why samba is looking for it -----Original Message----- From: Green, Paul [mailto:Paul.Green@stratus.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:06 PM To: 'Javid Abdul-AJAVID1'; samba@lists.samba.org; samba-technical@lists.samba.org Subject: RE: Desktop.ini and samba - Please comment This is Windows not Samba! Slow down a little...things will make more sense. PG> -----Original Message----- > From: Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 [mailto:AJAVID1@motorola.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:04 PM > To: samba@lists.samba.org; samba-technical@lists.samba.org > Subject: Desktop.ini and samba - Please comment > > > > > I was just wondering why does samba look for Desktop.ini when > i am mapping > to my home directory from w2k > running samba 2.2.5 on sol2.6 , client is w2k > am troubleshooting an weird issue where am not able to see > all my unix home > directory files on w2k > > log level10 is showing me that samba is looking for Desktop.ini > > could this be cousing something weired. > > thanks in advance >
the desktop.ini is the file that stores the folder view settings. you can disable it by turning off the UI checkbox that says remember each folder's settings. i think it is not your problem. brad On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 18:04, Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 wrote:> > > I was just wondering why does samba look for Desktop.ini when i am mapping > to my home directory from w2k > running samba 2.2.5 on sol2.6 , client is w2k > am troubleshooting an weird issue where am not able to see all my unix home > directory files on w2k > > log level10 is showing me that samba is looking for Desktop.ini > > could this be cousing something weired. > > thanks in advance > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > >
thanks but why do you think samba is looking for it -----Original Message----- From: Bradley W. Langhorst [mailto:brad@langhorst.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:22 PM To: Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 Cc: samba@lists.samba.org; samba-technical@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Desktop.ini and samba - Please comment the desktop.ini is the file that stores the folder view settings. you can disable it by turning off the UI checkbox that says remember each folder's settings. i think it is not your problem. brad On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 18:04, Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 wrote:> > > I was just wondering why does samba look for Desktop.ini when i am mapping > to my home directory from w2k > running samba 2.2.5 on sol2.6 , client is w2k > am troubleshooting an weird issue where am not able to see all my unixhome> directory files on w2k > > log level10 is showing me that samba is looking for Desktop.ini > > could this be cousing something weired. > > thanks in advance > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > >
samba is NOT looking for it. windows clients asks samba to tell if it exists! On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 00:26, Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 wrote:> thanks > but why do you think samba is looking for it-- Simo Sorce - simo.sorce@xsec.it Xsec s.r.l. via Durando 10 Ed. G - 20158 - Milano tel. +39 02 2399 7130 - fax: +39 02 700 442 399 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/attachments/20020731/f8b534d7/attachment.bin
thanks for your replies, really appreciate it i was looking at way to pinpoint the problem that w2k cleint is having regarding all files and folder not visible when mapped to unix home drive can you guys give some thoughts about it as well :-)))) -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Bartlett [mailto:abartlet@samba.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:30 PM To: Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 Cc: 'Bradley W. Langhorst'; samba@lists.samba.org; samba-technical@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Desktop.ini and samba - Please comment Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 wrote:> > thanks > but why do you think samba is looking for itBecouse the windows client asks for it. MS Windows Explorer looks for 'desktop.ini' in *every* directory displayed, unless explicitly configured otherwise. Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett abartlet@pcug.org.au Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team abartlet@samba.org Student Network Administrator, Hawker College abartlet@hawkerc.net http://samba.org http://build.samba.org http://hawkerc.net
Thanks here is the brief info user on nfs mounted unix share ( home directory ) : platform solaris 2.6 samba 2.0.7 and samba2.2.5 running on independent ultra suns users win2k clients smb.conf ( homes section ) [homes] available = yes comment = Home Directory for [%u] [%H] via Samba create mask = 0755 delete readonly = yes hide dot files = yes preserve case = yes wide links = true browseable = yes follow symlinks = true writeable = yes users unix home directory listing: users unix home directory listing: drwxr-xr-x 35 david testgrp 8192 Jul 31 14:58 /home/david -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 53 May 21 1996 script1* drwxr-xr-x 2 d testgrp 4096 Jul 24 1996 wvannot/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 6477 Jan 22 1997 weekly_status* -rwx------ 1 david testgrp 688 Oct 24 1997 pc* drwxr-xr-x 2 david testgrp 4096 Dec 26 1997 public/ -rwx------ 1 david testgrp 2888 Mar 30 1998 Plus_Goals_98* -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 785 Apr 21 1998 vacation.message* -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 2200 May 28 1998 file.tap* -rwx------ 1 david testgrp 18432 Jun 10 1998 magy01.xls* -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 785 Jun 19 1998 vacation.backup* -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 3 Jun 19 1998 vacation* drwxr-xr-x 2 david testgrp 4096 Sep 8 1998 DSC_priorities/ drwxr-xr-x 2 david testgrp 4096 Oct 29 1998 bin/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 0 Dec 8 1998 ** drwxr-xr-x 2 david testgrp 4096 Feb 16 1999 021599/ drwxr-xr-x 2 david testgrp 4096 Jun 1 1999 nsmail/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 26112 Jul 21 1999 KEYNOTE SPEECH.doc* drwxr-xr-x 10 david testgrp 4096 Jul 22 1999 axhome/ drwxr-xr-x 2 david testgrp 4096 Jul 22 1999 weekly_report/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 277 Jul 29 1999 vacation_days* drwxr-xr-x 2 david testgrp 4096 Aug 10 1999 Status_to_Sue/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 111 Aug 18 1999 references* drwxr-xr-x 2 david testgrp 4096 Nov 4 1999 4186_Feature/ drwxr-xr-x 2 david testgrp 4096 Nov 4 1999 LOGS/ drwxr-xr-x 2 david testgrp 4096 Nov 23 1999 G15_PSOs/ drwxr-xr-x 2 david testgrp 4096 Dec 16 1999 Configuration_Management/ -rwx------ 1 david testgrp 56320 Dec 20 1999 maggy_pc_122099.doc* -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 75 Dec 22 1999 wvlayer* -rwx------ 1 david testgrp 58880 Jan 6 2000 maggy_pc_010600.doc* drwxr-xr-x 3 david testgrp 4096 Jan 17 2000 EMX-V/ drwxr-xr-x 3 david testgrp 4096 Jan 20 2000 public_html/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 33792 Jan 25 2000 G15loadline.ppt* -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 1446382 Feb 8 2000 MAIL_LOG* -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 217088 Dec 1 2000 Clos_to_clearPRs_120100.xls* -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 11877 Jan 30 2001 cdms* -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 1163 Mar 8 2001 Intercall_info* -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 23040 Apr 12 2001 P1P2_12APR01.xls* -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 2609152 Apr 26 2001 CCT Data.xls* drwxr-xr-x 20 david testgrp 4096 Jun 18 2001 desktop/ -rwx------ 1 david testgrp 29184 Nov 19 2001 maggy.doc* -rwx------ 1 david testgrp 27136 Dec 27 2001 maggy122601.doc* drwxr-xr-x 4 david testgrp 4096 Jan 29 2002 windows/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 david testgrp 224768 Jan 29 2002 PMO_Test_Reports_Template.xls* drwxr-xr-x 2 david testgrp 4096 Mar 21 07:01 Store_mail/ drwxr-xr-x 2 david testgrp 4096 Mar 21 07:01 Mail/ -rw-r--r-- 1 david testgrp 2882 Jun 10 09:20 FIT_613A.pdf -rwxrwxr-x 1 david testgrp 17403 Jul 11 10:50 w17_test_status.pdf when user maps via windows explorer from W2k, lot of these above are not seen snapshot of windows explorer view when user map to his unix drive: when user maps via windows explorer from W2k, lot of these above files and folder are not seen ex: public,G15_PSOs,public_html,w17_test_status.pdf are not seen , ( i would say 50% not seen ) this is happening to couple of users in envrionment of 300 hunder regular users ( unix ) who use win2k clients for interoperability thanks for your patience for reading all this -----Original Message----- From: John Benedetto [mailto:jbenedet@unm.edu] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:09 PM To: Javid Abdul-AJAVID1; samba@lists.samba.org Subject: RE: [Samba] Desktop.ini and samba - Please comment --On Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:36 PM -0500 Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 <AJAVID1@motorola.com> wrote:> thanks for your replies, really appreciate it > > i was looking at way to pinpoint the problem that w2k cleint is having > regarding all files and folder not visible when mapped to unix home drive > > can you guys give some thoughts about it as well :-))))Can you post your smb.conf, so we can see how you've configured the shares? (though please remove any comments, to save bandwidth). Are you trying to access them on the Unix side, and being confused when changes don't show on the Windows side? I think the solution there is to have your Unix side people access the file system through Samba - do an smbmount (or is it just mount with special options? I don't use it this way, and so can never remember). I have experienced problems with just that - working with files on the Linux server directly, and not having changes show through to the windows clients. Sometimes it just took time, others I had to restart Samba itself. Or is it that these are pre-existing files and folders, and they are showing some and not showing others? You could cut 'n paste directory listings, so we can see the permissions settings on the actual files & folders themselves. - john
Here, you go. Open Windows Explorer. On the Tools menu, select Folder Options. On the View tab, scroll down to Hidden files and Folders. There should be two options: Do not show hidden file and folders Show hidden files and folders If you have the first option selected, you will not see any files or folders that begin with a . (period) No dot files or dot folders. Change the option back to Show hidden files and folders and these will be seen. Don Zajic -----Original Message----- From: samba-admin@lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-admin@lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:36 PM To: 'Andrew Bartlett'; Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 Cc: 'Bradley W. Langhorst'; samba@lists.samba.org; samba-technical@lists.samba.org Subject: RE: [Samba] Desktop.ini and samba - Please comment thanks for your replies, really appreciate it i was looking at way to pinpoint the problem that w2k cleint is having regarding all files and folder not visible when mapped to unix home drive can you guys give some thoughts about it as well :-)))) -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Bartlett [mailto:abartlet@samba.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:30 PM To: Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 Cc: 'Bradley W. Langhorst'; samba@lists.samba.org; samba-technical@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Desktop.ini and samba - Please comment Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 wrote:> > thanks > but why do you think samba is looking for itBecouse the windows client asks for it. MS Windows Explorer looks for 'desktop.ini' in *every* directory displayed, unless explicitly configured otherwise. Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett abartlet@pcug.org.au Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team abartlet@samba.org Student Network Administrator, Hawker College abartlet@hawkerc.net http://samba.org http://build.samba.org http://hawkerc.net -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba