'Is a directory' message-samba 2.0.4b, clearcase

[Dan Christopherson]

I have two Sloaris (2.6) boxen where I'm using samba to export the
ClearCase database files to NT workstations.

This morning I upgraded the samba installations from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4b.
The next time I rebooted my workstation (NT 4.0 SP3), ClearCase
complained that it couldn't mount either database, logging the error
message "The VOB storage directory \\dudley\work\vob\ALI". However, I
could browse this directory under explorer.

Here is a snippet from a level 3 samba log showing samba's view of the
problem:
[1999/07/09 12:49:25, 3] lib/doscalls.c:dos_ChDir(336)
  dos_ChDir to /export/work
[1999/07/09 12:49:25, 3] lib/util.c:unix_clean_name(609)
  unix_clean_name [/vob/ALI]
[1999/07/09 12:49:25, 3] lib/util.c:unix_clean_name(609)
  unix_clean_name [vob/ALI]
[1999/07/09 12:49:25, 3] smbd/open.c:open_file(503)
  Error opening file vob/ALI (Is a directory) (flags=0)
[1999/07/09 12:49:25, 3] smbd/open.c:fd_attempt_close(158)
  fd_attempt_close fd = -1, dev = ffffffff, inode =
18446744073709551616, open_f
lags = 2, ref_count = 1.
[1999/07/09 12:49:25, 3] smbd/error.c:error_packet(127)
  32 bit error packet at line 795 cmd=162 (SMBntcreateX) eclass=c00000ba
[Error:
 Unknown error (186,49152)]
[1999/07/09 12:49:25, 3] smbd/error.c:error_packet(143)
  error string = Is a directory

Grrk! Of course it's a directory, you silly thing!
Anyone have any clue as to why samba would be calling 'open_file' on a
directory rather than 'open_directory'? I've grovelled the source a bit,
and found that there are quite a few diffs between 2.0.3 and 2.0.4b in
both open.c and nttrans.c (which I believe to be the original caller in
this case)
I may have time over the next couple weeks to look into this further, if
noone has any better notion than I.

thanks all,
danch (now happily reverted)