SAMBA problem report - file deletion failure

[RR - Rod Regier]

The files were *not* deleted in my case based on VMS dir examination
afterwards.

It was possible to delete them from the VMS environment, so it was not a
VMS O/S interlock issue preventing the SAMBA delete. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: COLLOT Jean-Yves [mailto:jean-yves.collot at cofiroute.fr] 
> Sent: December 15, 2004 4:59 AM
> To: RR - Rod Regier; 'samba-vms at lists.samba.org'
> Subject: RE : SAMBA problem report - file deletion failure
> 
> Hi.
> 
> If the problem happens again, it would be most interesting to 
> know if the files were actually NOT deleted, or if they were, 
> but they seem to stay anyway because their names remained in 
> the cache.
> The best way to know that, obviously, is to check on the VMS 
> side if the file is there or not.
> 
> JY
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : RR - Rod Regier [mailto:RRegier at dymaxion.ca] Envoyé : 
> mardi 14 décembre 2004 20:21 À : samba-vms at lists.samba.org Cc 
> : RR - Rod Regier Objet : SAMBA problem report - file deletion failure
> 
> I have encountered a problem that was reproducible on 3 
> different workstations accessing a common Samba/VMS server.
> 
> Sample files created using both "DOS" window and GUI, and 
> deleted using both "DOS" window and GUI.
> Confirming message and file display removal occurred normally 
> with the GUI.
> 
> Subsequent DIR or GUI view refresh showed the file had in 
> fact *not* been deleted.
> 
> [SAMBA] LOG.workstation, LOG.SMBD and LOG.NMBD were reviewed 
> without any apparent correlation in time between the delete 
> problems and any logged error conditions.
> 
> SAMBA server subsystem was recycled, problem retested, had 
> disappeared.
> 
> Problem not reproducible.
> 
> Alpha/Samba V2.2.8 release  20041021 plus subsequent patches.
> OpenVMS/Alpha V7.3-2 w/patches, TCPIP 5.4 ECO 2.
> 
> This report is supplied to primary make users and developers 
> aware of an anomaly, in the hope that others may contribute 
> related reports that would permit subsequent troubleshooting.
> 
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