[Samba] open_directory: unable to stat name = .. Error was Success

[Hrotkó Gábor]

Hi!

I have a strange problem:

server: redhat 9; kernel 2.4.26; samba 3.0.4 PDC
client: winxp sp1 recently updated with patches

browsing directories mainly with Total commander 6.0 and testing with 
window$ explorer

Steps:
- log on to the domain as user roti ()
- the logon.bat connects the necessary network drives
- working with the connected drives using total commander, with no problem
- after a few ours, this error occurs: When I try to access a mapped 
drive's root with commander, it will be blank. No directories. When I 
type to the commander's prompt: "cd directory" which directory is there, 
I get in. But when I try to go back to the root directory, it is empty. 
There are two methods of returning to the mapped drive's root directory:
   1. Clicking on the commander's ".." or "\" icon. It will return to 
the root directory, but it will be blank.
   2. When I use the keyboard, and hit the ".." at the top of the 
directories, it won't let me to change directory, and with loglevel 5, 
samba will log this:

[2004/05/19 12:54:31, 3] smbd/process.c:switch_message(685)
  switch message SMBntcreateX (pid 1455)
[2004/05/19 12:54:31, 4] smbd/uid.c:change_to_user(186)
  change_to_user: Skipping user change - already user
[2004/05/19 12:54:31, 5] smbd/filename.c:unix_convert(114)
  unix_convert called on file ""
[2004/05/19 12:54:31, 5] smbd/files.c:file_new(122)
  allocated file structure 2309, fnum = 6405 (8 used)
[2004/05/19 12:54:31, 3] smbd/open.c:open_directory(1356)
  open_directory: unable to stat name = .. Error was Success
[2004/05/19 12:54:31, 5] smbd/files.c:file_free(385)
  freed files structure 6405 (7 used)
[2004/05/19 12:54:31, 3] smbd/error.c:error_packet(118)
  error packet at smbd/trans2.c(2222) cmd=162 (SMBntcreateX) 
NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
[2004/05/19 12:54:31, 5] lib/util.c:show_msg(456)
[2004/05/19 12:54:31, 5] lib/util.c:show_msg(466)

The strange is, that with window$ explorer, I can browse the drives with 
no such problem.

And the *strangest* problem is that when I quit from total comamnder, 
and rerun it, it will work fine!

Is it a samba problem?


Roti