[Samba] modification time inconsistency

[Carlos Knowlton]

On 7/11/07, Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 09:45:11AM -0500, Carlos Knowlton wrote:
> > On 6/21/07, Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 03:50:51PM -0500, Carlos Knowlton wrote:
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> I have a client with a windows utility that relies on "touch"ing
> > >(changing
> > >> the mod time) on zero-length files in a folder for the purpose of
> > >judging
> > >> when that folder was last accessed.  This works fine for him on
> mapped
> > >> windows servers, and from the local disk, but from a Samba (v3.0.22)
> > >volume,
> > >> the mod time doesn't change unless there was an actual data change
> > >within
> > >> the file.  (ie, clicking "save" in notepad doesn't change the mod
> time
> > >> unless he enters some data first.).  I know this seems pretty
> trivial,
> > >but
> > >> it seems to make all the difference for some backup and SCADA
> software
> > >> packages.
> > >>
> > >> Any ideas what I could do to fix this?
> > >
> > >Can you test against 3.0.25a (or soon b) to see if this is
> > >currently a problem please ?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >        Jeremy.
> > >
> >
> > Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on this.
> >
> > I have checked the latest Samba version, and the same behavior I saw in
> > 3.0.22 also exists in 3.0.25b.  Any ideas what might be happening, or
> how to
> > fix this?
>
> Can you log a bug in bugzilla please so I can track it ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeremy.
>

Okay, I've reported this issue in Bugzilla under ID
4779<https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4779>


Thanks!
-Carlos