[Samba] samba 4.14.10: DC, netlogon: folders disappear

[spindles seven]

On 17 December 2021 10:18 Stefan G. Weichinger via samba wrote:
> Strange behavior:
> 
> I have 2 samba-4.14.10 DCs on Debian 11.1
> 
> For rolling out a software I try to create shared directories in
> \\DC\netlogon
> 
> I create them within Windows Explorer on a domain member server.
> 
> I can create the folders, see them in the linux filesystem, permissions
> seem ok.
> 
> Within a minute or so that folder is GONE again. What could cause that?

Just a guess - sysvol replication?   How have you replicated SYSVOL between the DCs?   Maybe you created the folders on the DC not holding the PDC Emulator FSMO role and it's a one-way synchronisation? eg mirror rather than synchronisation both ways?

HTH,

Roy