[Samba] Curious timestamp bug in samba???

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Christian Merrill wrote:

| Testing indicates that when a file located on a linux
| samba share is  modified from a windows client, the creation
| date is modified along with the modification date.  It
| appears that samba doesn't differentiate  between the two?
| I know it's relatively minor in the great scheme of
| things, but we have seen a few complaints regarding
| this behavior.  Any feedback would be welcome.

See 'man 2 stat'.  This is one of the semantic differences
between UNIX file systems and Win32 ones.








cheers, jerry
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