[Samba] Need help with directory create time

[Karl Mauch]

Am Samstag, 17. September 2016, 13:29:27 CEST schrieb Karl Mauch via samba:
> Am Freitag, 16. September 2016, 13:54:09 CEST schrieben Sie:
> > On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 07:34:44PM +0200, Karl Mauch wrote:
> > > Am Freitag, 16. September 2016, 09:26:18 CEST schrieb Jeremy Allison:
> > > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 02:37:33PM +0200, Karl Mauch via samba wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > 
> > > > > my problem:
> > > > > In the past "fake directory create times" did what I expect. The
> > > > > creation
> > > > > time of directories were fixed.
> > > > > Then I changed to samba 4 and "fake directory create times" did not
> > > > > work
> > > > > any longer. But I found a workaround and the creation times of
> > > > > directories were fixed.
> > > > > Today there was a virus and I restored a backup and the directory
> > > > > creation
> > > > > time is variable. After changing a file, the directory creation time
> > > > > is
> > > > > new. And I forget what I did in the past to workaround this problem
> > > > > in
> > > > > samba 4. It is configured as a PDC.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Please help! The software in the directory is not working with
> > > > > jumping
> > > > > creation times.
> > > > 
> > > > The "fake directory create times" code still
> > > > exists in Samba4 - shouldn't have changed at
> > > > all since 3.6.x.
> > > > 
> > > > Can you describe more fully what create times you're
> > > > getting ?
> > > > 
> > > > "fake directory create times" should always return
> > > > a create time of 1/1/1980 to clients.
> > > 
> > > Thank you.
> > > There is no difference with or without "fake directory create
> > > times=yes".
> > > After changes in the folder, the creation time is changed too (current
> > > time)
> > 
> > Oh, have an idea what may be wrong - when the folder
> > is changed we may be updating the time internally
> > without paying attention to the "fake" time request.
> 
> That's cool. You are programmer of samba :-). I didn't know that until now.
> The problem exists for some time. I tried on 4.5.0 and 4.1.12 - for example
> after adding a new subfolder, I get a new creation time.
> A software from my customer does not work because the activation key depends
> on the creation time of some folders. When changing to samba4 I used a
> command in the command line, which has fixed the creation time, but the
> bash_history was deleted. Do you have any idea?
> Otherwise I copy the files temporarily to a Windows computer and hope that
> you can fix the bug with "fake directory create times" soon.
> Thank you very much.
Hi Jeremy Allison,
do I have a chance to get a bug fix to the non-functioning "fake directory 
create times"? Can you reproduce my problem?
Best regards