Wrong FileTime/Date

Heinz Christian Christian.Heinz at nbg9.siemens.de
Wed Mar 10 10:39:06 GMT 1999


We tried to use security=domain with samba (versions 2.0.0/2.0.2/2.0.3) and ran into some strange behaviour:

The password server is an windows-nt v3.51 sp5 pdc with some patches installed - the samba machine has two users: root and user which are mapped againts the nt accounts:

!root = administrator
user = *

Password validation and domain joining works fine but when we try to copy files from a nt fileserver to a samba fileserver there is something going wrong with the timestamps of these files.
All executables and directories get the actual file and date at copy-time, all others get 1998/09/23 18:57. IMHO samba displays the last-accessed-time instead the last-modified-time.

We are running these version of samba without security=domain and password server=the nt pdc on a few other machines - everythings works fine.

Any idea?


Here is the source directory listing:

15.07.98  16:18         <DIR>          .
15.07.98  16:18         <DIR>          ..
26.07.95  00:00                141.008 ANIBTN16.OCX
26.07.95  00:00                 81.104 COMDLG16.OCX
13.11.96  17:20                    545 COMMAND.PIF
11.01.96  23:00                109.056 COMPOBJ.DLL
09.12.97  12:11                 10.401 CONFIG.TXT
03.06.96  18:00                  3.215 DE.HLP
06.06.96  21:00                  2.390 DEKEY.HLP
10.07.98  19:42         <DIR>          DOC
20.01.97  19:29                    177 DOSPGP.BAT
02.01.96  14:57                  4.279 EN.HLP
10.07.98  19:42         <DIR>          INSTALL
06.03.97  19:04                  2.992 LANGUAGE.IDX
06.06.96  21:00                 52.940 LANGUAGE.TXT
11.01.96  22:50                 18.856 MD5SUM.EXE
22.05.95  08:00                536.048 OC25.DLL
11.01.96  23:00                304.640 OLE2.DLL
11.01.96  23:00                 28.107 OLE2.REG
11.01.96  23:00                 57.328 OLE2CONV.DLL
11.01.96  23:00                164.960 OLE2DISP.DLL
11.01.96  23:00                152.976 OLE2NLS.DLL
11.01.96  23:00                 51.712 OLE2PROX.DLL
09.08.96  01:00                 83.456 OLECLI.DLL
09.08.96  01:00                 24.064 OLESVR.DLL
18.01.96  14:06                237.737 PGP.EXE
24.04.97  14:17                  3.035 PGP.GRP
12.01.96  16:01                  2.072 PGP.HLP
04.09.95  20:10                 18.196 PGPSORT.EXE
06.12.97  23:08                349.168 POM.EXE
09.12.97  11:37                    749 POM.INI
06.12.97  23:01                 16.800 POM_HELP.TXT
22.01.97  11:57                  1.321 POM_KEY.TXT
16.05.97  17:50                  1.290 PUBRING.PGP
11.01.96  23:00                 12.976 SCP.DLL
11.01.96  23:00                  5.472 STDOLE.TLB
11.01.96  23:00                  5.120 STKIT416.DLL
11.01.96  23:00                157.696 STORAGE.DLL
26.07.95  00:00                113.056 TABCTL16.OCX
11.01.96  23:00                177.824 TYPELIB.DLL
25.03.96  00:00                 35.200 VAEN21.OLB
25.03.96  00:00                935.632 VB40016.DLL
25.03.96  00:00                 22.560 VB4DE16.DLL
03.06.97  14:00                 58.199 WINPGP.EXE
03.07.97  18:47                  1.046 WINPGP.JOB
              45 File(s)      3.985.403 bytes
                          4.324.065.280 bytes free

And here is the destination copied via a nt-workstation 4.0 sp3:

02.03.99  12:15         <DIR>          .
02.03.99  12:13         <DIR>          ..
23.09.98  18:57                141.008 ANIBTN16.OCX
23.09.98  18:57                 81.104 COMDLG16.OCX
23.09.98  18:57                    545 COMMAND.PIF
23.09.98  18:57                109.056 COMPOBJ.DLL
23.09.98  18:57                 10.401 CONFIG.TXT
23.09.98  18:57                  3.215 DE.HLP
23.09.98  18:57                  2.390 DEKEY.HLP
23.09.98  18:57                    177 DOSPGP.BAT
23.09.98  18:57                  4.279 EN.HLP
23.09.98  18:57                  2.992 LANGUAGE.IDX
23.09.98  18:57                 52.940 LANGUAGE.TXT
02.03.99  12:15                 18.856 MD5SUM.EXE
23.09.98  18:57                536.048 OC25.DLL
23.09.98  18:57                304.640 OLE2.DLL
23.09.98  18:57                 28.107 OLE2.REG
23.09.98  18:57                 57.328 OLE2CONV.DLL
23.09.98  18:57                164.960 OLE2DISP.DLL
23.09.98  18:57                152.976 OLE2NLS.DLL
23.09.98  18:57                 51.712 OLE2PROX.DLL
23.09.98  18:57                 83.456 OLECLI.DLL
23.09.98  18:57                 24.064 OLESVR.DLL
02.03.99  12:15                237.737 PGP.EXE
23.09.98  18:57                  3.035 PGP.GRP
23.09.98  18:57                  2.072 PGP.HLP
02.03.99  12:15                 18.196 PGPSORT.EXE
02.03.99  12:15                349.168 POM.EXE
23.09.98  18:57                    749 POM.INI
23.09.98  18:57                 16.800 POM_HELP.TXT
23.09.98  18:57                  1.321 POM_KEY.TXT
23.09.98  18:57                  1.290 PUBRING.PGP
23.09.98  18:57                 12.976 SCP.DLL
23.09.98  18:57                  5.472 STDOLE.TLB
23.09.98  18:57                  5.120 STKIT416.DLL
23.09.98  18:57                157.696 STORAGE.DLL
23.09.98  18:57                113.056 TABCTL16.OCX
23.09.98  18:57                177.824 TYPELIB.DLL
23.09.98  18:57                 35.200 VAEN21.OLB
23.09.98  18:57                935.632 VB40016.DLL
23.09.98  18:57                 22.560 VB4DE16.DLL
02.03.99  12:15                 58.199 WINPGP.EXE
23.09.98  18:57                  1.046 WINPGP.JOB
02.03.99  12:15         <DIR>          DOC
02.03.99  12:15         <DIR>          INSTALL
              45 File(s)      3.985.403 bytes
                          3.492.282.368 bytes free

And here is the destination copied via a nt-server 3.51 sp5:


10.03.99  12:15         <DIR>          .
10.03.99  12:19         <DIR>          ..
16.07.98  09:21                141.008 ANIBTN16.OCX
16.07.98  09:21                 81.104 COMDLG16.OCX
16.07.98  09:21                    545 COMMAND.PIF
16.07.98  09:21                109.056 COMPOBJ.DLL
16.07.98  09:21                 10.401 CONFIG.TXT
16.07.98  09:21                  3.215 DE.HLP
16.07.98  09:21                  2.390 DEKEY.HLP
16.07.98  09:21                    177 DOSPGP.BAT
16.07.98  09:21                  4.279 EN.HLP
16.07.98  09:21                  2.992 LANGUAGE.IDX
16.07.98  09:22                 52.940 LANGUAGE.TXT
16.07.98  09:22                 18.856 MD5SUM.EXE
16.07.98  09:22                536.048 OC25.DLL
16.07.98  09:22                304.640 OLE2.DLL
16.07.98  09:22                 28.107 OLE2.REG
16.07.98  09:22                 57.328 OLE2CONV.DLL
16.07.98  09:22                164.960 OLE2DISP.DLL
16.07.98  09:22                152.976 OLE2NLS.DLL
16.07.98  09:22                 51.712 OLE2PROX.DLL
16.07.98  09:22                 83.456 OLECLI.DLL
16.07.98  09:22                 24.064 OLESVR.DLL
16.07.98  09:22                237.737 PGP.EXE
16.07.98  09:22                  3.035 PGP.GRP
16.07.98  09:22                  2.072 PGP.HLP
16.07.98  09:22                 18.196 PGPSORT.EXE
16.07.98  09:23                349.168 POM.EXE
23.07.98  20:02                    749 POM.INI
16.07.98  09:23                 16.800 POM_HELP.TXT
16.07.98  09:23                  1.321 POM_KEY.TXT
16.07.98  09:23                  1.290 PUBRING.PGP
16.07.98  09:23                 12.976 SCP.DLL
16.07.98  09:23                  5.472 STDOLE.TLB
16.07.98  09:23                  5.120 STKIT416.DLL
16.07.98  09:23                157.696 STORAGE.DLL
16.07.98  09:23                113.056 TABCTL16.OCX
16.07.98  09:23                177.824 TYPELIB.DLL
16.07.98  09:23                 35.200 VAEN21.OLB
16.07.98  09:24                935.632 VB40016.DLL
16.07.98  09:24                 22.560 VB4DE16.DLL
16.07.98  09:24                 58.199 WINPGP.EXE
16.07.98  09:24                  1.046 WINPGP.JOB
10.03.99  12:15         <DIR>          DOC
10.03.99  12:15         <DIR>          INSTALL
              45 File(s)      3.985.403 bytes
                          3.493.986.304 bytes free

mfg Christian Heinz


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