[Samba] Files missing in Windows Explorer but really there in system
Eric Maquiling
emaquili at ductape.net
Thu Sep 26 22:50:01 GMT 2002
I'm having a very strange problem with Samba and Win2K. I did a
search in the archives and there was something about desktop.ini but
that wasn't it.
I'll explain in 2 parts, the problem and then I'll attach the [homes]
section of my smb.conf
I can see user's files on the Linux box (RedHat 7.3) under
/home/user/*
The user can open up M$ word and save a file to
\\server\$user\this_is_a_word_doc.doc. For the sake of argument, lets
call this file Procedures.doc. When the user gets out of word and and
open it up again try's "File | Open" and does a browse for the file
(instead of the bottom where you get the most recent opened files)
the file is not there. When I log onto the Linux box and do an
'ls -l', the file is certainly there. When the user opens it up from
the bottom of "File | Recent-file-list-on-the-bottom-of-pull-down-menu,
the file opens up. What's even more strange is that everything after
the letter "P" does not show up. So if the user saves a file called
"Everything.doc", I can see that in the browser window (Explorer
browser and also in File | open browser). Very strange.
Here's the smb.conf file
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = WVI
netbios name = FILE01
server string = File Server
;security = domain
;password server = m43
encrypt passwords = Yes
obey pam restrictions = Yes
pam password change = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
unix password sync = Yes
log level = 4
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
preferred master = False
local master = No
domain master = False
dns proxy = No
default service = global
printing = lprng
[homes]
writable = yes
browseable = yes
available = yes
comment = Home Directories
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0750
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Eric
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