Hi. I'm converting a group that was using Mac OS X Server (we were dissatisfied) to Mandrake PPC Linux with Samba. The Mandrake-supplied package is version 2.2.7a-8mdk. So far it works great - but we have a serious and odd problem that I couldn't find in previous postings to this list. When I copy files from an OS X server to this Mandrake/Samba server they usually disappear. Which is bad, from a service point of view. I can often copy a single file to the share and it works fine, but subsequent files vanish. I suspected this was a Mandrake problem, or a Mandrake PPC-specific problem, so I tried it between the same OS X server and my Intel-based Samba server running Samba's own 2.2.8a-1 binary package. The same issue occurred. So this is either a problem with Mac OS X, or with the Samba server (actually it's Samba either way, but who knows what Apple might be doing). I checked the progress of the copy on the Samba server's command line and noticed some very strange happenings. In Mac-like fashion the file .DS_Store appears in the target directory as soon as copying begins. Then if I do repeated "ls -l" commands I can see that the file I'm copying to the share actually does appear and becomes progressively larger as the copy operation progresses. So does another temporary file. When the copy operation completes, the file is gone. Just gone. Anyone else ever seen this? Any help is much appreciated! Thanks, Ed Any information, including protected health information (PHI), transmitted in this email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and or exempt from disclosure under applicable Federal or State law. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon, protected health information (PHI) by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 eholden@mclean.harvard.edu wrote: | Hi. I'm converting a group that was using Mac OS | X Server (we were dissatisfied) to Mandrake PPC | Linux with Samba. The Mandrake-supplied package is | version 2.2.7a-8mdk. So far it works great - but | we have a serious and odd problem that I couldn't | find in previous postings to this list. | | When I copy files from an OS X server to this | Mandrake/Samba server they usually disappear. Which is | bad, from a service point of view. I can often copy a | single file to the share and it works fine, but subsequent | files vanish. I would suggest getting a network trace and looking for any SMBunlink commands showung up. You could get a samba level 10 debug log and do the same thing. My guess is that the mac server is deleting the file and Samba is just doing what it was told to do. cheers, jerry - -- ~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ Hewlett-Packard ------------------------- http://www.hp.com ~ SAMBA Team ---------------------- http://www.samba.org ~ GnuPG Key ---- http://www.plainjoe.org/gpg_public.asc ~ "If we're adding to the noise, turn off this song" --Switchfoot (2003) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/skrrIR7qMdg1EfYRAtHsAKDBY68icXCC4d/4q8QhIOLvRL9NvQCgkXs/ tlKdiz9e/8T9Z585NrUQAUk=2B0+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Jeremy, Thanks for the suggestion. Who is Conrad? Does he maintain an Apple-related list? If so, which list does he run? Thanks, Ed On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Jeremy Allison wrote:> On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 11:45:38AM -0500, Ed Holden wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I wrote in last week about a problem with Mac OS X systems copying files > > to a Samba server. The files sometimes disappear, though the problem is > > intermittent. I suspect that this is an issue with Mac OS X dropping > > the file prematurely, and indeed a Google search reveals that OS X users > > have seen similar problems, but only with Samba shares. > > Have you reported this to Apple ? Conrad is very good about > following up with such things. > > Jeremy. >Any information, including protected health information (PHI), transmitted in this email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and or exempt from disclosure under applicable Federal or State law. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon, protected health information (PHI) by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.