[Samba] Existing files don't show up in share, new files do

Wed May 21 14:05:07 GMT 2008

I tried getfacl on both the share directory and the files within it, but 
it showed only the regular UNIX permissions, no access control lists. 
Nevertheless I tried mounting the filesystem that contains 
/mnt/data/multimedia with noacl, but it made no difference...

Kind regards,
Pepijn Schmitz

Rubin Bennett wrote:
> Unless I missed it there was no further discussion of ACLs?
>
> Run mount on the linux box and look to see if that filesystem is mounted
> with the acl option.  If it was, you can either remountit without ACLs
> or reset the ACLs on the filesystem.
>
> Run getfacl on the directory and see if there's anything out of bounds
> there; that's quite frankly the only thing I can think of that would
> cause this behaviour.  Disappearing files have *always* been due to a
> mismatch between Samba permissions and those set by the underlying
> filesystem in my experience (10+ years of Samba and counting).  Not to
> say that it's impossible you've found something new and different, but
> statistics say it's very likely a permissions/ acl issue.
>
> HTH,
> Rubin
>
>
> On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 09:11 -0400, Jason Waters wrote:
>   
>> What about settings windows to view hidden files and system files.  Do
>> they show up then?
>>
>> Jason Waters
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: samba-bounces+jwaters=h2os.com at lists.samba.org
>> [mailto:samba-bounces+jwaters=h2os.com at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of
>> Greene, Joe
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:42 AM
>> To: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Subject: RE: [Samba] Existing files don't show up in share, new files do
>>
>>
>> His directory is already 777 and the 500 is the UID of pepijn on the
>> serve unless I miss my guess. I also had him check all permissions on
>> the directories above it to make sure they were at least 755 and they
>> were. 
>> BTW Pepijn, you might want o make sure that your userid is the same on
>> all of your linux boxes.. just check /etc/passwd to make sure username
>> Pepijn is userid 500, then on any system you have to change it, I
>> recommend running (as root) 'find / -user <olduid> -exec chown 500 {}
>> \;'
>> This may or may not have any affect on this problem. also check the
>> usermapping, maybe there is something there. 
>>
>> Joe Greene
>> UNIX Systems Administrator
>> Phone 317-707-2730
>> Fax 317-707-2397
>> Hours M-F 7am-4pm
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: samba-bounces+joe.greene=brightpoint.com at lists.samba.org
>> [mailto:samba-bounces+joe.greene=brightpoint.com at lists.samba.org] On
>> Behalf Of Jason Waters
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:09 AM
>> To: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Subject: RE: [Samba] Existing files don't show up in share, new files do
>>
>>
>> Let's see if it's permissions(which is what I think it is).  chmod 777 *
>> in that directory and then see if it works.  Then we can figure out what
>> went on.  The uid of 500 of the new file seems strange.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Jason Waters
>>
>>  
>>
>> From: Pepijn Schmitz [mailto:samba at chaos.demon.nl] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:56 AM
>> To: Jason Waters
>> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Subject: Re: [Samba] Existing files don't show up in share, new files do
>>
>>  
>>
>> Jason Waters wrote: 
>>
>> What parameters are set on the share?  Anything like map system, map
>> hidden?
>>
>> This is the share definition:
>>
>>         [multimedia]
>>         comment = Multimedia Files
>>         path = /mnt/data/multimedia
>>         public = yes
>>         writable = yes
>>         printable = no
>>         write list = pepijn
>>
>> So no map system or map hidden. I should also note that neither the
>> share
>> definition nor the contents of the directory have changed. The only
>> thing
>> that happened was that the server, which used to be my router and
>> firewall
>> also, is now only a file server and no longer has a static IP address.
>>
>>
>>
>> Are you using ACL's?
>>
>> I don't think so. How can I tell?
>>
>>
>>
>> What about giving us an ls -l of a
>> directory that isn't showing files.
>>
>> Here's the ouput of ls -al on /mnt/data/multimedia:
>>
>> total 2260
>> drwxrwxrwx 11 pepijn pepijn   4096 2008-05-17 14:13 .
>> drwxr-xr-x 10 root   root     4096 2008-05-16 19:58 ..
>> drwxr-xr-x  6 pepijn pepijn   4096 2008-05-17 14:16 Audio
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 pepijn pepijn 468919 2004-09-18 08:40
>> DIRK_GENTLY'S_HOLISTIC_DETECTIVE_AGENCY.TXT
>> lrwxrwxrwx  1 pepijn pepijn      6 2005-01-17 22:13 Fotos -> Foto's
>> drwxrwxr-x 41 pepijn pepijn   4096 2008-03-15 23:27 Foto's
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 pepijn pepijn 292097 2004-09-18 08:40
>> HITCHHIKER'S_GUIDE_TO_THE_GALAXY.TXT
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 pepijn pepijn 396618 2004-09-18 08:40
>> LAST_CHANCE_TO_SEE.TXT
>> drwxrwxr-x  4 pepijn pepijn   4096 2002-07-01 02:32 Martijn
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 pepijn pepijn 372140 2004-09-18 08:40 MOSTLY_HARMLESS.TXT
>> drwxrwxr-x  2 pepijn pepijn   4096 2002-03-31 04:48 recycled
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 pepijn pepijn 333862 2004-09-18 08:40
>> RESTAURANT_END_OF_THE_UNIVERSE.TXT
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 pepijn pepijn 296645 2004-09-18 08:40 STARSHIP_TITANIC.TXT
>> drwxrwxr-x  2 pepijn pepijn   4096 2004-11-28 17:00 temp
>> -rwxr--r--  1 pepijn pepijn      5 2008-05-17 14:13 test2.txt
>> -rwxr--r--  1 pepijn pepijn      6 2008-05-17 14:08 test.txt
>> drwx------  4 pepijn pepijn   4096 2005-07-02 16:17 .Trash-500
>> drwx------  2 pepijn pepijn   4096 2005-04-02 13:54 .Trash-pepijn
>> drwxrwxr-x 10 pepijn pepijn   4096 2008-03-15 23:31 Video
>> -r-xr--r--  1 pepijn pepijn     80 2005-07-10 19:07 volumeid.zbx
>> drwxr-xr-x  4 pepijn pepijn   4096 2007-12-07 22:15 XXX
>> -rw-rw-r--  1 pepijn pepijn  24247 2004-09-18 08:40
>> YOUNG_ZAPHOD_PLAYS_IT_SAFE.TXT
>>
>> When I mount the share on another Linux system using this command:
>>
>> sudo mount -t cifs -o user=pepijn //10.0.0.163/multimedia roadrunner/
>>
>> And then perform an ls -al in the roadrunner directory the output is as
>> follows:
>>
>> total 2052
>> drwxrwxrwx 11    500    500    0 2008-05-17 14:13 .
>> drwxr-xr-x 22 pepijn pepijn 4096 2008-05-21 13:50 ..
>> -rwxr--r--  1    500    500    5 2008-05-17 14:13 test2.txt
>> -rwxr--r--  1    500    500    6 2008-05-17 14:08 test.txt
>>
>> As you can see it only show the two test files I created since this
>> problem started.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is it just files or does it happen to
>> folders too.
>>   
>>
>> It happens with both.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Pepijn Schmitz
>>
>>
>>
>>  
>> Jason Waters
>>  
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: samba-bounces+jwaters=h2os.com at lists.samba.org
>> [mailto:samba-bounces+jwaters=h2os.com at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of
>> Pepijn Schmitz
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:38 AM
>> To: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Subject: Re: [Samba] Existing files don't show up in share, new files do
>>  
>> *Bump*
>>  
>> Does this ring a bell with anyone? I'm still at a loss and so it seems 
>> is everyone else... :-)
>>  
>> In short: on one of my existing Samba 3.0 shares (Linux server, ext3 
>> filesystem) all existing files have suddenly become invisible, but it is
>>
>> still possible to create, modify and delete new files (and I see no 
>> differences between these new files and the existing ones). This happens
>>
>> with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux CIFS and Linux smclient clients, 
>> so it is likely to be a server problem. I'm stuck and I'm hoping a 
>> bright mind from this list will be able to help!
>>  
>> Kind regards,
>> Pepijn Schmitz