[Samba] Directory appears different dependent on access path

[Jeremy Allison]

On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 09:50:46AM -0500, Michael Adler wrote:
> I'm very confused by a recent home directory inconsistency and am
> hoping someone can give me a clue where to look for the problem.  It
> started when I used Adobe Illustrator to write a file to my home
> directory on a Samba share.  Illustrator writes a new file by
> creating a temporary file, completing the write, and then renaming
> the file to the user-specified name.  What I see as the final result
> is inconsistent:  from the Windows machine that created the file I
> see what I would expect -- the name I specified exists.  On the
> Samba host I see the temporary file name, with the correct contents,
> and the rename appears never to have happened.

Does the Windows client actually request the rename ? Check the
smbd logs.