[linux-cifs-client] Strange cifs-files

[Bjoern Tore Sund]

Using mount.cifs on Fedora Core 5, 6, and 7.  I have about 500 linux 
client machines and twice that many users, all of whom use CIFS for 
their home directory service through a SLES10 SP1 server with Samba 3.0.24.

I'm seeing something which is more of an annoyance than a problem, but 
it's an annoyance I'd like to get rid of.

For quite some time now files have been appearing automatically in 
various people's home directories.  Filenames all start with "cifs" and 
end with a 3- or 4-digit hex number - 'cifs56e3' for instance.  All over 
the place.

The files are copies or versions of files which exist or have existed in 
the same directory where the 'cifs*' file exists.  Very often they are 
KDE or Gnome (application) config files, and get created either when an 
application is started or stopped.

Where are they coming from and how do I get rid of them?  I call 
mount.cifs with -o serverino, and have the following in smb.conf on the 
server:
         enhanced browsing = yes
         unix extensions = yes
         kernel oplocks = yes
         posix locking = yes
         strict locking = no
         locking = yes
         wide links = yes
         mangled names = no

Anyone seen this before and can help?

-BT
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