[Samba] Folder disappears on rename

[Charles Marcus]

Marc Muehlfeld wrote:
> Am 06.10.2013 23:27, schrieb Charles Marcus:
>> Fyi... this is a known problem (with both renames and newly created
>> files/folders, and even deleted foles/folders) on Windows 7, even with a
>> real Windows Server... never seen it on XP, but it happens all the time
>> on Windows 7 here.

> It's a SMB2 caching issue (that's why you don't have it on XP). Jones 
> already posted a workaround/solution:

Reading the referenced technet article, those delays are only 10 
seconds, 5 seconds and 10 seconds.

The delays I've seen are many minutes (anywhere from 3 to 5, sometimes 
it seems longer)...

I'll try it, but why would the actual delays being expereinced be so 
much longer than these cache lifetime settings?

Thanks,

Charles

> Am 06.10.2013 09:02, schrieb Jones:
> > Sometimes this symptom happened in my environment,
> > and found this link:
> > SMB2 Client Redirector Caches Explained
> > http://technet.microsoft.com/zh-tw/library/ff686200(v=ws.10).aspx
> >
> > Here is one test case,
> > during Windows 7 and Samba are negotiated with >= protocol SMB 2.0,
> > Windows 7 might cache the directory entries,
> > i.e. the directory entries are locally satisfied by Windows 7,
> > and there are no SMB2 packets across network while refreshing the
> > list thru powershell dir command,
> > hence Windows 7 with Wireshark captures no packets.
> >
> > After following 3 DWORDs are applied to Windows 7 and reboot is
> > required, this symptom seems no longer exist in my environment.
> > Not sure is this a acceptable change but hope this help.
> > FileInfoCacheLifetime = 0
> > FileNotFoundCacheLifetime = 0
> > DirectoryCacheLifetime = 0
>
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