[Samba] Intermittent file rename problem with Vista, works with XP.

[tms3 at tms3.com]

>
> --- Original message ---
> Subject: [Samba] Intermittent file rename problem with Vista, works 
> with XP.
> From: "Massner, Keith" <kmassner at mgmresorts.com>
> To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Date: Friday, 23/07/2010  2:44 PM
>
> So...   It's been driving me nuts.  I get intermittent permission 
> denied
> errors when I try to rename a folder.  T
>
> I do something like the following (the number of steps to cause the
> failure varies):
> Rename folder1 to folder2 works
> Rename folder2 to folder1 works
> Rename folder1 to folder2 nope
>
> Bouncing smb on the Linux server temporarily corrects things
I suspect it's a broken oplock.  Get a failed name change and do an 
smbstatus on the server.  Compare the locked file PIDs to the machine 
names and see if something is getting stuck.

> .  Out of
> frustration, I tried an XP machine, and can't get it to break, so
> SOMETHING with Vista, I guess.
>
> What I'm trying to do is have a wide open share. Permissions are set 
> on
> the files and directories as specified below, all files belong to
> keith:keith.  The files were initially created through Linux.  No
> extended atrributed are set.
>
> Operating system is CentOS 5.5,  Samba is 3.5.4.
>
> [global]
>                log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> ; Take this out once you figure this crap out.
>                log level = 3
>                netbios name = marvin
>                usershare owner only = false
>                null passwords = yes
>                server string = Samba Server Version %v (%h)
>                security = SHARE
>                encrypt passwords = Yes
>                username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>                max log size = 50
>                preferred master = Yes
> ;       acl check permissions = No
>                guest ok = Yes
>                guest only = Yes
> ;       nt acl support = No
>                cups options = raw
>
> [SharedMedia]
>                path = /storage1/SharedMedia
>                force user = keith
>                force group = keith
>                read only = No
> ;       acl group control = Yes
>                force create mode = 0666
>                force directory mode = 6777
>                directory security mask = 6777
>                force unknown acl user = Yes
>                map readonly = permissions
>
> Anyone have any thoughts?
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