[Samba] Re: Missing Files on share

[Philip Washington]

Ubiratã Muniz da Silva wrote:

>just asking again...
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>did anyone solve this?
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>thanks
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>Ubiratã Muniz da Silva wrote:
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>>Hello all,
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>>I have an old server here, which is my PDC and has worked fine so far.
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>>It runs Conectiva Linux 8.0 and Samba 3.0.4
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>>Here's the deal. In a share (I didn't check all, this is the one that the
>>users complained so far), there are files missing.
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>>The problem: In Windows XP Pro workstations, when browsing the share,
>>which should have more than 1,000 files, only about 200 show up. However,
>>if I log on to the machine locally and go to the share directory, all the
>>files are there. The curious thing is that the files don't show up on the
>>user's EExplorer, but if he tries to save a file with the same name, the
>>system asks if he wants to overwrite the file. And even if he does
>>overwrite the files, the files don't show up on the browsing.
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>>I know that 3.0.4 is an old Samba version, but I haven't upgraded to
>>3.0.11 yet because I'm afraid something will screw up and that I won't be
>>able to return to the previous state (this system was put together by an
>>external consultant which tangled it in a way nobody understands how it
>>works - we are in a migration process, but I need this thing working
>>before the migration to the new Samba server, which will take some time
>>yet)
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>>I was wondering if special chars (such as ª and º) could prevent files
>>from being browseable, but that's not the pattern. Some files with special
>>chars such as these show up, and some don't.
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>>Info below.
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>>Thanks for any assistance.
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>>Ubiratã Muniz (Bira)
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>>Some info:
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>>Samba packages:
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>>samba-clients-3.0.4-61850cl
>>samba-common-3.0.4-61850cl
>>samba-winbind-3.0.4-61850cl
>>samba-swat-3.0.4-62749U10_2cl
>>samba-server-3.0.4-61850cl
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>>An excerpt of smb.conf:
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>>[global]
>>        workgroup = STM
>>        netbios name = SRVARQUIVOS
>>        netbios aliases = ALTOS01
>>        server string = Samba Server PDC
>>        interfaces = lo, eth0
>>        bind interfaces only = Yes
>>        min passwd length = 1
>>        passwd chat = *New*passwor* %n\r *new*SMB*password* %n\r
>>        log level = 2
>>        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%U
>>        max log size = 5
>>        min protocol = LANMAN2
>>        read raw = No
>>        write raw = No
>>        announce version = 4.0
>>        max xmit = 8192
>>        name resolve order = wins bcast lmhosts host
>>        time server = Yes
>>        keepalive = 36000
>>        max open files = 30000
>>        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_SNDBUF=16384
>>        load printers = No
>>        logon script = geral.bat
>>        logon path =
>>        logon home =
>>        domain logons = Yes
>>        os level = 254
>>        lm announce = Yes
>>        preferred master = Yes
>>        domain master = Yes
>>        dns proxy = No
>>        wins support = Yes
>>        ldap suffix = (ldap suffix here)
>>        ldap machine suffix = (ldap machine suffix here)
>>        ldap user suffix = (ldap user suffix here)
>>        ldap group suffix = (ldap group suffix here)
>>        ldap admin dn = (ldap admin dn here)
>>        ldap ssl = no
>>        admin users = root, (and admin users)
>>        create mask = 0664
>>        force create mode = 0664
>>        directory mask = 02775
>>        force directory mode = 02775
>>        printing = lprng
>>        print command = lpr -r -P'%p' %s
>>        lpq command = lpq -P'%p'
>>        lprm command = lprm -P'%p' %j
>>        lppause command = lpc hold '%p' %j
>>        lpresume command = lpc release '%p' %j
>>        queuepause command = lpc stop '%p'
>>        queueresume command = lpc start '%p'
>>        preserve case = No
>>        short preserve case = No
>>        dos filetimes = Yes
>>        dos filetime resolution = Yes
>># Trusted domains (so that users already
>># in the new JMU domain - still testing -
>># can acess shares)
>>        allow trusted domains = Yes
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>>< .. other shares ...>
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>># this is the share with problems
>>[sepro_arq]
>># the path to the file share
>>        path = /arquivos/sepro_arq
>># group sepro exists in LDAP and the server recognizes it. Permissions are
>>#OK
>>        write list = @sepro
>>        read only = No
>>        browseable = Yes
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double check the permisions on the files which are showing vs the files 
which are not.  This may have something to do with "hide unreadable = 
yes" or "hide unreadable = no".  I don't see it in your conf, but I've 
seen similar issues.